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by yuliyp 1607 days ago
Uber is also a service that has a much lower tolerance for downtime: If people can't play a game, they're sad. If they're trying to get a ride and it doesn't work, or drivers apps stop working suddenly, the stranded people get very upset in a hurry, and the company loses a lot of customers.

It can be totally reasonable for Uber to pay for 2x the amount of infra they need for serving their products while not being worth it for a company like Roblox.