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by cdcarter 4055 days ago
You need to look at market size to make that statistic anywhere near interesting.
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Uber is 2-3x the size of the whole taxi industry in SF. Remember, it's not like there is a national taxi regulatory system. It's a bunch of separate municipal systems and Uber is far bigger than any of the other players in all of them.
Yes, of course, that's what makes the 50x-100x number so inaccurate.