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		mariushn on Nov 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber’s Losses Widen as SoftBank Launches Bid to Bu... It's already 25% just for two apps. That's insane. They don't do any specific work for a trip for these money. It's like having Stripe getting a 25% cut from all card transactions.

uptown on Nov 30, 2017 [–]

But it's the crux of their entire business model -- saturate markets to kill competition so they can do whatever they want with the financial side of things.

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