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Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue

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Re: Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue

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How terrible. Having to spend 1-2 minutes downloading an app. Expect Austin to occur elsewhere (Uber and Lyft leaving due to local regulation, and competitors filling the void).

It's not the 1-2 minutes to download it, it's when I roll off a flight into some new city I've never been to before, how do I know what app to use?

Google it like everyone has googled everything for the past 15 years.

Re: Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue

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It's not the 1-2 minutes to download it, it's when I roll off a flight into some new city I've never been to before, how do I know what app to use?

Google it like everyone has googled everything for the past 15 years.

Google for it and then stand around reading the reviews to figure out which is the best one, you mean. And sign up for a new account and everything with the new app. By that time I'm already on my way to my hotel with Uber.

Re: Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue

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Also on track to have the first self driving car AND a ride hailing application to boot. That can't be cheap.

I don't know how people get this impression, unless it is by only reading the comments on this site and never reading any primary sources. Uber's "self-driving" tech is currently unable to do things that other companies were doing years ago. Google's car took a blind man to Taco Bell in 2012. Uber's car has two engineers in the front seat and still blows stop lights and can't make a right turn.

Google's "self-driving" car in 2012, was more like a remote control car on a pre-planned route for a PR campaign. Please stop making up lies about your employer to make it look good.

Re: Uber's Loss Exceeds $800M in Q3 on $1.7B in Net Revenue

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post #191

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To some degree, Juno's stated differentiator is being the best ride hail app from the drivers perspective by: - 50% of founder equity goes to drivers - 10% vs 20-25% cut of fares - no pooled concept (this may be purely because they're too small to support it, though it is also unpopular with drivers

Why do I care what the drivers like? I don't buy any other products or services based on the happiness of the workers. Uber still has the most drivers and the cheapest prices.

Good for you, but a lot of people care about supporting the more sustainable and fair businesses and pay extra for that. Buying only on price and thus personal gain is short sighted and will eventually lead to worse market conditions in many cases.
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