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by steveBK123 650 days ago
I guess the questions then are - why is it 2x the competing price, why do you willing pay 2x, and how many people are willing to pay that 2x?

Consider they are competing against the Lyft/Uber asset-light model of relying on "contractors" who in many cases are incapable of doing the math to realize they are working for minimum wage...

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All those businesses are predatory. It’s so crazy.
I used to call it the re-intermediation economy.

Taking a cut of existing businesses/models (taxi, delivery, b&b, etc).