Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees

Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by ashtonkem on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:38AM (#23019779)

I don’t know what it would cost to enter local markets only, but I suspect that has less utility than being national or international. I don’t want a taxi app per city, I want the same app to get me to/from LAX to get me to/from JFK, and I doubt that’s my particular quirk.

On the latter, I don’t know what would happen if they charged monopoly prices. I suspect you’re right, cabs might come back.

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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by bowersbros on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:47PM (#23021257)

But _most_ of the time you'd be using the one in your city.

If you are from Manchester, UK and you live there, how often do you need a taxi app that works in Bangkok, or NY, or Oslo?

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Re:Uber discusses plan to lay off about 20% of employees by ashtonkem on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:33PM (#23023917)

Maybe I’m unusual, but use of Uber is overwhelmingly travel related. The only time I use it in my own city is transit to/from my airport, because I can’t easily use public transit.

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