It's been over a year since Uber laid off about 20% of its engineering org

Re:It's been over a year since Uber laid off about 20% of it... by fridif on Thursday August 19, 2021 @03:35PM (#28238307)

Uber has entered the phase where it will begin buying outside tech for innovation while relying on lower cost engineers to hopefully keep the lights on.

If they don't develop a regulatory moat themselves, you may see a new big competitor in 7 years (which is what Facebook did to Myspace and what TikTok did to Facebook).

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Re:It's been over a year since Uber laid off about 20% of it... by tuatoru on Thursday August 19, 2021 @07:57PM (#28240796)

Uber already has at least 7 serious competitors.

https://www.marketing91.com/uber-competitors/

Also in freight and food delivery: -

https://www.marketingtutor.net/uber-competitors/

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Re:It's been over a year since Uber laid off about 20% of it... by bellyfullofbac on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:26PM (#28240135)

Can they make that moat? This analysis from a few days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28132830 suggests there are tougher times ahead..

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Re:It's been over a year since Uber laid off about 20% of it... by fridif on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:38PM (#28240245)

I personally do think the end is nigh for them, similar to what happened with Blue Apron

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