[Alberta's Child]

Uber is likely to change radically in the coming years, self-driving cars or not. I've long believed that a business model built on people who really don't know how to price their own services isn't likely to last very long. As more and more drivers get wise to the racket, the business will have to change.

Kudos to the astute Freeper above who pointed out that Uber is really nothing more than an app for gypsy cabs. Wait until they have to compete with a Chinese company that develops an app for gypsy cabs driven by illegal aliens.

[Zeneta]

There are any number of “Uber Driver” forums/discussion boards that are populated with actual Uber drivers.

They don’t hold anything back and are not complete idiots.

Here’s one.

http://uberpeople.net/

[Vince Ferrer]

In order to be successful, those companies have to balance out the needs of drivers and riders. I suspect they go through tremendous turnover because drivers are just looking for extra money part time. They will run out of drivers quick if drivers can’t make money.

[edh]

That Chinese app already exists ... It’s called Didi Kuaidi :-). It’s not here in the States just yet.

I personally like Uber and love how they drive the medallion thugs crazy. Liberals are torn over Uber ... On one hand, their masters demand that they need to hate the business model since their taxes aren’t yanked directly from their paycheck. On the other hand, they all seem to love the service. Most I know vocally scream about how horrible they treat employees yet use it every weekend.