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by JoshTriplett 3650 days ago
> Someone if goes bankrupt and then making the app open source and not a taking cut at all..can it kill Uber eventually?

Uber and Lyft provide a substantial amount of infrastructure and staffing; they wouldn't function without that. Someone has to keep the server infrastructure running and scaling, and even more importantly, someone has to maintain the support, rating, and qualification system to maintain quality.