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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 10, 2016, 02:58:49 PM

Title: Uber, too big to fail?
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 10, 2016, 02:58:49 PM

Interesting article which illustrates the difficulty of uberstanding the impact of change.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38252405

Title: Re: Uber, too big to fail?
Post by: jeremyp on December 10, 2016, 10:21:33 PM

That was surprising to me. I always thought that Uber achieved low prices through some sort of economy of infrastructure. I have a lot more sympathy for ordinary taxicab drivers now.

Title: Re: Uber, too big to fail?
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 10, 2016, 10:51:06 PM

Quote from: jeremyp on December 10, 2016, 10:21:33 PM

That was surprising to me. I always thought that Uber achieved low prices through some sort of economy of infrastructure. I have a lot more sympathy for ordinary taxicab drivers now.

yep, with you in many ways this is counter intuitive