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Re:Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their... by seppin on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:21AM (#25628361)
> Even Google has other revenue streams.

How long do they survive in their current form relying solely on them?

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Re:Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their... by kevinmchugh on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:34AM (#25633638)
Days, probably, but that's not the point
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Re:Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their... by seppin on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:12PM (#25638124)
It's exactly my point. Outside of Apple, all the biggest tech firms are 100% reliant on a form of income that is, at best, partially fraudulent. More realistically, almost entirely so.
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