[QAPereo]

Could they? Isn’t their whole business model using VC money to create predatory pricing and dominate everything? I think Uber is rotten as a premise, and when you take the bad behavior out, barring a sudden and miraculous breakthrough in automated automobiles, they’re not viable.

[disordinary]

Yep, I have no idea how they have any customers with all the bad press they get.

The goal is to kill the competition and treat their drivers and customers like crap in doing so.

[aianus]

They treat their customers very well, that's why they've been so successful.

[StudentStuff]

Oh really? I gave up using Uber when I watched a ride go from $9 to $22, then back down to $12 after I killed the app and reopened it. Lyft pulls much the same shit, but killing and reopening will get me within a few cents of that initial $9 price.

Ultimately, it just means I set my life up such that neither Uber or Lyft can hold me hostage with insane spikes in pricing. Thus I bike and drive more than I'd like.

[disordinary]

You obviously didn't see how they reacted to that poor woman in India.