News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Uber loses $2.9B, offloads bike and scooter business. Parent comment

Re:Uber loses $2.9B, offloads bike and scooter business by deminature on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:49PM (#23119905)
>i think it's really going to take a wholesale reconfiguration of cities around much more density and mixed-use where shared industrial kitchens and warehouses can make the synergies work out, but of course that's decades in the making.

It's actually closer than it seems if this bet plays out: https://www.cloudkitchens.com/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Uber loses $2.9B, offloads bike and scooter business by clairity on Friday May 08, 2020 @07:12PM (#23120540)
yes, that's the easiest part and where there has been some activity, but even then, it's a capital-intensive business without obvious super-scalar competitive advantages.

shared industrial kitchens become advantageous only with density, proximity (mixed-use), and (unfortunately) high land values.

[ Parent | on HN ]