Not that the meta of your assumption is particularly interesting (as a discussion), but there is plenty of mainstream articles questioning whether Uber can make money long term.

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/04/27/can-uber-ever-... https://www.forbes.com/sites/lensherman/2017/12/14/why-cant-... https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-wants-to-be-the-uber-of-ev...