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somewhereoutth | 12 days ago

Uber's genius was getting their workers (sorry, 'contractors') to carry the capital costs of providing the fleet of vehicles they use.

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cube00|11 days ago

Their other genius was to operate illegally, make the service so popular that politicians had no choice but to change the laws, and in the process make taxi licences, that used to cost as much as a house, worthless.