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0 points015a2y ago0 comments

> I am pretty confident google could spin up an org to replicate the uber app in a few months/maybe a year.

Like how they can "just spin up" a messaging app?

Building companies and customer bases is really, really hard. Microsoft tried like three times to build a Github competitor. They still have at least one of those attempts (Azure DevOps). They still bought Github. An interesting product technically, sure, but: its where the people are at. It was worth it.

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bryanlarsen2y ago

Spinning up a messaging app without a compelling differentiation is hard. It's much easier with a compelling differentiation. Waymo could just set prices at half of Uber and boom instant market share.

shagie2y ago

Using Google's dominance to expand into other sectors (at a loss) is a perfect example of anticompetitive practices that regulators would likely take a keen interest in investigating.

bryanlarsen2y ago

Using robots to cut costs and thus prices is not anticompetitive.

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paulcole2y ago

Instant market share if they're willing to lose 2x the money that Uber is losing. It's not like drivers are going to be falling over themselves to sign up if it's a 50% paycut.

darkwater2y ago

Waymo is about driverless cars aka robotaxis

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0 points015a2y ago0 comments

> I am pretty confident google could spin up an org to replicate the uber app in a few months/maybe a year.

Like how they can "just spin up" a messaging app?

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bryanlarsen2y ago

shagie2y ago

Using Google's dominance to expand into other sectors (at a loss) is a perfect example of anticompetitive practices that regulators would likely take a keen interest in investigating.

bryanlarsen2y ago

Using robots to cut costs and thus prices is not anticompetitive.

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paulcole2y ago

Instant market share if they're willing to lose 2x the money that Uber is losing. It's not like drivers are going to be falling over themselves to sign up if it's a 50% paycut.

darkwater2y ago

Waymo is about driverless cars aka robotaxis

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse