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iM8t
on April 29, 2019
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Estonian Startup Has Become a Thorn in Uber’s Side
And now Bolt (formely Taxify) is getting competition from Yandex.Taxi. The Russian equivalent of Uber.
It's a race to the bottom. But customers benefit, which is nice.
dullgiulio
on April 29, 2019
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In the short term they do, but if the benefits are based on VC, they just cannot last forever.
wqwh
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Then they'll benefit for a few years. Having low prices for 3 years is better than having low prices for 0 years.
toper-centage
on April 30, 2019
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What about the drivers being paid peanuts? They are users too.
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It's a race to the bottom. But customers benefit, which is nice.