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Originally Posted by Macroni
what is the economics behind it?
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Everything must be re-monetized. Out with the old and in with the new. In our modern "app" world that means taxis are not cool and we need "ride sharing." When you say sharing nowadays, in the new Internet paradigm, that means someone gets paid and someone else does not. Sharing, when stated in Internet terms, means stealing. (Look at the music industry for proof. Napster, etc.) ("Apple never saw a good idea it wasn't happy to steal." Steve Jobs)
Uber is a brilliant way to grab the young people and make it hip to get around town using their phones. Their phones are sewn onto their hand and it has become a part of their body. Any schlub can hail a taxi. The cool kids Uber. And some clever sociopath enriches him or herself in the process.