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by nerdponx 2599 days ago
How come Uber is profitable in these areas and Lyft isn't? Market share?
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airstrike 2599 days ago
Precisely. It's all about scale
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wbl 2599 days ago
Scale of what? Most of their costs are per-unit.
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brokensegue 2599 days ago
SWEs don't get paid on a per-ride basis.
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aetherson 2599 days ago
Uber doesn't count their R&D costs in their (dodgy and unquantified) claims to be profitable in this or that market.
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