[nicoburns]

Uber does have the advantage of operating globally and having a single app that will get you a taxi almost anywhere in the world. Given that traditional taxi companies often only operate in a single town or city that's quite an advantage. They would easily have a sustainable business if they dramatically cut their costs. Whether they can do that having taken the amount of VC money they have is another question.

[discreteevent]

What percentage of taxi users are globetrotters?

[tpxl]

I'd assume a decent chunk. I don't generally use a taxi in my home country, but used Uber a few times when traveling. That being said, I have 0 issue downloading a local taxi app and deleting it afterwards.

[nicoburns]

I'm not sure, but you don't even need to a globetrotter. Even the town an hour away probably has different taxi companies to where you live.