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As the article points out, the real question is whether Uber is making money in mature markets, such as San Francisco. If the mature markets aren't highly profitable, Uber is way overvalued.


They make 20% of every ride. What costs do they really have in a mature market? A bit of customer service and maintaining the app. I don't see how it could possibly do anything but print cash in mature markets.


Drivers won't be Uber drivers forever - they'll need to keep pushing to hire new drivers to replace ones that drop out.

And don't write off customer service - it is expensive.




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