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> With Uber they seem to take pretty close to half get to push all the vehicle expenses on the driver.

This is only seems to be true, depending on definitions, when the fares are low. On a dollar basis, it seems, from my quick googling, that Uber is taking much less than 50%.

This is why the “self driving is ubers end game zealots” never made any sense to me. They’re currently exploiting people and can’t figure out how to make money doing it. And exploiting people has been a sure fire business model for the entirety of human history.

Really don’t see how robots are the answer here. They have an army of people working for peanuts already!

The idea being pushed is that you have more volume with Uber.