Uber Finally Makes a Profit... What Took So Long?

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  • @Roanmonster
    @Roanmonster ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Car dependency sucks, the way to get rid of uber is to improve public transit

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Uber or taxis are much more flexible. Busses only go certain routes. A taxi can drop you off anywhere.

    • @milomhoek
      @milomhoek ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bzuidgeest If you have good public transportation than you can reach everywhere with it

    • @JackHankeAnd
      @JackHankeAnd ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@milomhoek That's just objectively not true. You clearly cannot reach every isolated place with a tiny population with any remotely sensible and sustainable transit network. And if you do attempt to do that, people will be either driving buses that are empty a large percentage of the time - which is far worse than car dependence! - or the routes will be highly inefficient and take much longer than people merely driving to their own private destinations.
      Every sensible planner acknowledges that both public and private forms of transportation are necessary. The question is what mix is optimal, and how to build that mix.

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@milomhoek I have never heard of a country where public transport isn't based on fixed routes. A good system gets you in the neighborhood, but it's hardly door to door.

    • @AggroJordan86
      @AggroJordan86 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As a European, I think I can chip in here. Taxis, Uber and the like are still ver much a thing here.
      (a) convenience is always a trump card for the financially affluent
      (b) even with great public transport, certain routes are just not very practical.
      HOWEVER (😄), having seen the role Uber/Lyft take in the US or Grab in Southeast asia, Europe isn't nearly anywhere close to that.
      So I think the valuation would be much lower, had the US got a great public transport system.

  • @0xCAFEF00D
    @0xCAFEF00D ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I think you really have to question if an app that curates taxi drivers is worth 89 billion dollars.

    • @thechosenone1533
      @thechosenone1533 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Is an app that curates taxi drivers across hundreds of countries across the world with millions of passengers everyday,getting a cut of the fare in every trip worth 89 billion dollars? It certainly can.

    • @legallyblind393
      @legallyblind393 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Taxis, flying, food delivery and package delivery. Not exactly just “taxis”

    • @thechosenone1533
      @thechosenone1533 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@weird-guy Not everyone uses it multiple times a month. Most people use either public transport or their own vehicles. For most people, Uber is used occasionally like coming back drunk from a party, going to the airport or when you are in a new city.

    • @Frzned9x
      @Frzned9x ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@weird-guy let's look at the real stats instead of fantasy, uber is making a profit using EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization)
      Which basically legal speak for "if you cut all the cost we are profitable" So in reality, they are making a -5$ loss for every ride, they wont increase the money because that means becoming more expensive than taxis. And they are "only" bleeding billions of dollar by underpaying/not paying the drivers.
      It's a failed model that will never be profitable.
      P/s: Uber actually doesnt use EBITDA, they use "Adjusted EBITDA", meaning that the scam accounting process EBITDA is still too damning for their business, and they have to remove further costs for their "net proft" calculation.

    • @deonwalker6270
      @deonwalker6270 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Careful not to confuse yourself with "most people", guy.

  • @supersam5802
    @supersam5802 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Can’t wait to ditch Uber for the next loss leading company that comes in to compete, I hate corporations

    • @Lemmy4555
      @Lemmy4555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no need for that, we just need 2/3 more competitors

    • @supersam5802
      @supersam5802 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Lemmy4555 nah we need that, corporations are more efficient at wealth extraction than ever

    • @danielwebb8402
      @danielwebb8402 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You hate corporations that run at a loss to subsidise you / give you charity?

    • @jeevacation
      @jeevacation ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielwebb8402 well their end goal is monopoly. If the government is strong on monopoly then I don't care but many governments only care about them on the surface.

    • @supersam5802
      @supersam5802 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@danielwebb8402 I hate corporations, but if a corporation is going to engage in an exploitable behavior that can benefit non corporations I’m a fan of that specific case. I am also a fan of corporations giving charity even though it’s just a pr campaign or tax loophole the vast majority of the time

  • @calebbearup4282
    @calebbearup4282 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Fyi if you buy a new printer every black Friday it actually is cheaper than buying ink for last year's printer

    • @theprovost
      @theprovost ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you only print b&w, get a laser printer. A bit pricier at the start but the toners are cheap and the printers last forever

    • @bzuidgeest
      @bzuidgeest ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@theprovosteven color lasers are cheap these days and the toner cartridge is much more economical than ink cartridges.
      I don't get why those are even still sold. Maybe people are just that stupid.

    • @cadekachelmeier7251
      @cadekachelmeier7251 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The ink cartridges for new printers usually have less ink than their other cartridges for this reason.

  • @subramaniamramasubramanian877
    @subramaniamramasubramanian877 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I hated taking taxis in Chennai when I was a younger because fare regulation just didn't work. The driver would blatantly ask for more money depending on how gullible you looked and how bad you need the ride.
    When Uber came up with the concept of surge pricing AFTER completely dominating the market, I hated them from that very instant and will never go back on that.
    Governments around the world should simply invest in public transport and get companies like this out.

    • @jpmeyer09
      @jpmeyer09 ปีที่แล้ว

      just use public transit then. they use your money too

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio ปีที่แล้ว +24

    And for the next 10 years they can write off the profits against all the losses they’ve incurred in the past.

    • @danielwebb8402
      @danielwebb8402 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And rightfully so

    • @jeevacation
      @jeevacation ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They'd still end up paying some taxes due to inflation since the value of the money they lost was slightly more higher than the money they gain in the future.

  • @HenryMidfields
    @HenryMidfields ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I only occasionally use Uber or Amazon if I don't have any other choice. Turns out, there are a lot of other choices. Public transport in Sydney is more or less doable, and when that's not possible, I can sometimes ask friends for rides if I am going to, or returning from a get together event.
    As for books, I try to buy secondhand from either Betterworld Books, from my local bookstore, or from Koshoten if I need a book from Japan (my home country). Or from EBay. Out of 10-15 books I ordered this year, only 3 were from Amazon.

  • @fraliexb
    @fraliexb ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just. Imagine if they didnt acrew over their drivers, or if their drivers were considered employees.

    • @Yorick257
      @Yorick257 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They would go bankrupt a long time ago

    • @FasterDrivers
      @FasterDrivers ปีที่แล้ว

      I did it better. Say bye bye to all those crappy delivery system.

  • @enkephalin07
    @enkephalin07 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Don't forget their advertising on the backseat monitors. Every taxi service has that now.

    • @FasterDrivers
      @FasterDrivers ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a better way to do that. God, people at Uber and DD are stupid!

  • @lilytea3
    @lilytea3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:21: Uber's ability to raise cheap capital through borrowing has decreased due to higher interest rates and slower VC spending.
    2:07: Uber's profitability problem is partly due to legal cases.
    2:16: Despite being a dominant player in the mobility and delivery market, Uber has burned through a significant amount of money.
    5:31: Uber's fares have increased as they dominate the market, pushing prices back up to pre-Uber levels.
    6:14: Uber's CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has led the company in cutting costs and raising prices to improve profitability.
    7:11: While Uber has been successful in dominating the ride-hailing and delivery sector, breaking down regulations has made it easier for new competitors to enter the market.
    Recap by Tammy AI

  • @CTCTraining1
    @CTCTraining1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not sure about wearing hats indoors .. only time I did it was while my partner was learning hairdressing and they needed someone to practice on.

  • @DigiDriftZone
    @DigiDriftZone ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I think this strategy backfired somewhat with all these alternatives, I always check a few apps and pick the cheapest, especially when Uber suddenly double the price at some times of the day.

    • @mofo78536
      @mofo78536 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially once we figure out how to create more workers owned platform cooperatives (e.g. Bendigo's bHive ride sharing platform)

    • @mcmjakke6323
      @mcmjakke6323 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Uber is all over the world, they don’t care if some new apps arrive. Their investors are pumping them with money for years because they wait for the cars to be driverless

  • @matthewparker9276
    @matthewparker9276 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is a significant change to ubers tax strategy.

  • @bzuidgeest
    @bzuidgeest ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Uber isn't much of a thing in the Netherlands. To drive a taxi requires permits and I am reasonably sure Uber was not able to break down regulation on that. Maybe in the UK, but here... I don't know anyone that ever used Uber.

    • @DrRusty5
      @DrRusty5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe they need to figure out how to market "UBER bikes" 😉 in the Netherlands ?

    • @munaali840
      @munaali840 ปีที่แล้ว

      Netherlands has excellent public transport, even people in remote areas can get into bigger town centres easily, USA is very spread out and most suburbs have nothing but your own car, a lot of states have no regular train service within it, a few cross country and the freight trains but none regular enough to link people to jobs in nearby bigger cities or towns

    • @deonwalker6270
      @deonwalker6270 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did, when I came on holiday there 😂

  • @Jonas_M_M
    @Jonas_M_M ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks to Uber, we can leave the taxi cartels behind for good.

    • @fidelkva4810
      @fidelkva4810 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you mean certified drivers trying to make ends meet?

    • @stypie3711
      @stypie3711 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fidelkva4810 definitly not a case in my city. They're usually bunch of lazy dipshits that scam people. With uber you at least know the price even before confirming it

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      From a driver's perspective it's a downgrade. And it's just creating a bigger monopoly

  • @Pidove727
    @Pidove727 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I refuse to believe anyone has ever bought one of the bougie Charlie Bigham ready meals.

  • @Dyl_Evs
    @Dyl_Evs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to see a vid on R* as they’ve changed so much since 2000 so I wanna know

  • @mjohnsimmons
    @mjohnsimmons 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Paying a driver $3.80 for 34 minute delivery with operating costs of $2.50 per half hour, so essentially $2.60 per hour pay is how they did it. In California $2.60 per hour !!! Exploitation

  • @nessimrihani5962
    @nessimrihani5962 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A Simple financial capitalism monopoly textbook case. The problem is people are acting as if they have no clue how these seemingly irrelevant "economic shananigans "can and in fact did worsen our lives drastically.

    • @FasterDrivers
      @FasterDrivers ปีที่แล้ว

      Here I come, to break your line of thinking, and to do something about the problem, than just talking about it.

    • @nessimrihani5962
      @nessimrihani5962 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FasterDrivers go do your voodoo away. I am not your usual temporary emberaced (not yet, not ever) millionair

    • @Frzned9x
      @Frzned9x ปีที่แล้ว

      it's not actually a simple financial monopoly text book case
      It's a simple financial ponzi scheme textbook case.
      Uber is "making a profit" using EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). Which basically legal speak for "if you cut all the cost we are profitable" . What more funny is, EBITDA is still TOO damning to them, they are using "adjusted EBITDA" where they remove even more cost from their earnings.
      And they are "only" bleeding billions of dollar by underpaying/not paying the drivers.
      They lie about their profitability, keep raising fund and paying dividends to investor with the fund they raised, while making 0 money and actually losing billions instead. When there are no more money and new investors wasting money into this money sinkhole, the ponzi scheme will collapse.

  • @mikemartin6748
    @mikemartin6748 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His name is Dara Khosrowshahi, not Koshrowshrari

    • @davidlee1467
      @davidlee1467 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean Dara the evil?😂

  • @LeoDas688
    @LeoDas688 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uber competition in India ola and rapido are doing pretty good

    • @FasterDrivers
      @FasterDrivers ปีที่แล้ว

      Not as good as what I have built. Most of my developers live in India, and even they can’t wait for my app to deploy there. I have to adjust my formula, but it’s going to obliterate my competition.

  • @FGRLSWAL
    @FGRLSWAL ปีที่แล้ว

    Where i live it is now cheaper to use taxis 99% of the time, and that is what people are doing.

  • @canderousmorningstar3121
    @canderousmorningstar3121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The music at the beginning is annoying.

  • @mateofernando5066
    @mateofernando5066 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having 30K employees and having big wigs in the executive suite overpaying themselves, will never allow them to have real GAAP profit. The CEO already makes $40M/year. So, the issue isn't the revenue, its the expenses that are created from mostly payroll.

  • @Parakeet-pk6dl
    @Parakeet-pk6dl ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That transition music was way, way too loud…

    • @Dewi-H
      @Dewi-H ปีที่แล้ว

      Always has been :'(

    • @Parakeet-pk6dl
      @Parakeet-pk6dl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dewi-H can’t understand then why you’d pay a sound engineer that doesn’t manage to get its levels right…

  • @GalileoFigar0
    @GalileoFigar0 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:10 even if you don’t ignore the last quarter…

  • @Stef.Cata051
    @Stef.Cata051 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No they don't expect you to spend more for higher margin products it is about monopolizing the market. Like Amazon did in USA

    • @supersam5802
      @supersam5802 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s the same behavior, the point of loss LEADING is literally to raise prices after you obtain market dominance in an area

  • @nicholasaugello2534
    @nicholasaugello2534 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Commenting for ur support

  • @jawadarif5676
    @jawadarif5676 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even Uber more expensive then local taxi firm, the younger generation tend to uses Uber, lift / bolt tied to expend in to UK but outside London it a failure as most driver stay with Uber as there more busy

  • @thomasjung6660
    @thomasjung6660 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happen did they take a bigger percentage from their drivers?

  • @zenvd04
    @zenvd04 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The video does not describe how Uber employs a loss leading strategy similar to the other examples provided. I'd argue that it doesn't. Uber just runs at a loss to beat out the competition. They're assuming the economics will make sense when autonomous vehicles become prevalent.

    • @Frzned9x
      @Frzned9x ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because the guy is clueless and doesnt actually know how to read and then try to claim to be "financial expert"
      If you actually read their report, Uber uses "adjusted EBITDA" which is mumbo jumbo speak for "if you subtract all the costs of operation, taxes, fees, etc. we are now profitable". You also see the word EBITDA in this video btw, dont even need to read the report.
      They aint actually are profitable, they are bleeding billions.
      I suggest unsubcribing from this channel if you actually wanna listen to a human with a brain

    • @sp123
      @sp123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Frzned9x the only way to truly learn most things is by reading. Watching videos is entertainment and the viewers are entertained, even if it's misinforming

  • @mariokartpro7406
    @mariokartpro7406 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can you makes make an update on Activision plz

  • @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
    @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin ปีที่แล้ว

    How did they avoid being in massive debt I wonder

  • @TomasBelloXD
    @TomasBelloXD ปีที่แล้ว

    That music is way too loud!!!

  • @mw2killerz101
    @mw2killerz101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe because their take rate is over 70% a ride

  • @DonRamiro1
    @DonRamiro1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You remind me of Elroy Jetson with that hat on top of your head.

  • @patrioticgrind
    @patrioticgrind 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DoorDash is Uber. They’ve been acquired

  • @EuroExpert_
    @EuroExpert_ ปีที่แล้ว

    I want MORE TLDR Business

  • @Paikon097
    @Paikon097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pls, tune the intro down. Its extremely loud.

  • @buckiemohawk3643
    @buckiemohawk3643 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They are cooking their books and will end up to continously lose money.

  • @horacecomegna335
    @horacecomegna335 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Uber started shaving and stealing tips from their drivers, that’s how they started making a profit! 😂😂

  • @3XwithFatih
    @3XwithFatih ปีที่แล้ว

    Bolt is better than Uber

  • @fustilarian1
    @fustilarian1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The intro music was too loud.

    • @Parakeet-pk6dl
      @Parakeet-pk6dl ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, about 10db, what where they thinking…

  • @fireonhair
    @fireonhair หลายเดือนก่อน

    how the company HAS NO INVENTORY

  • @SigmaShorts911
    @SigmaShorts911 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uber is far from cheap, hiking prices will be bad

  • @johandagger
    @johandagger 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They defraud all invested capital 🎉

  • @WhyZ_Guy
    @WhyZ_Guy หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well this didn't age well.

  • @linzixuan29
    @linzixuan29 ปีที่แล้ว

    When is it we work turn ? They have burnt close up to 50 billion dollars

  • @federicomarintuc
    @federicomarintuc ปีที่แล้ว

    Uber has also put a lot of money into lobby to reduce public transit services or cut them entirely in already car dependent areas

  • @mrsylvester5874
    @mrsylvester5874 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I want you to one day report on an American intercontinental railroad. You never will It might be a fun April fool to stay prank where you report how the US has health care and public infrastructure and lowered housing

  • @linzixuan29
    @linzixuan29 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally

  • @jdm1152
    @jdm1152 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the classic silicon valley business model.

  • @Rikimkigsck
    @Rikimkigsck ปีที่แล้ว

    10k views 900 likes, the like/view ratio is insanely high which shows that these people do a great job

  • @renoits06
    @renoits06 ปีที่แล้ว

    lyft gang rise up!

  • @brendanwiley253
    @brendanwiley253 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let's Goooooo!

  • @FoodLandia22
    @FoodLandia22 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'M A UBER driver. Pay is extremilly LOW(5$/h), in some faires I started requesting mandatory TIPS, otherwise I cancel rides! I'm no one's SLAVE. And will not work for FREE.

  • @explodingwolfgaming8024
    @explodingwolfgaming8024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Commenting 4 algorithm

  • @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK
    @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If they start putting adverts in the actual car I'm definitely ditching them for good.

    • @samelmudir
      @samelmudir ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Taxis already do this. So do subway trains and buses

    • @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK
      @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samelmudir Buses are cheap.

    • @FasterDrivers
      @FasterDrivers ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a way to make it.

  • @balkan_tips
    @balkan_tips ปีที่แล้ว +3

  • @tsuchan
    @tsuchan ปีที่แล้ว

    This was news from the week before last, wasn't it?

  • @qubro8507
    @qubro8507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First

  • @Bigdog5400
    @Bigdog5400 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cannot believe you gave up on TLDR US in lieu of this channel 🥲

    • @Frzned9x
      @Frzned9x ปีที่แล้ว

      give up or fired because he cant read?
      If you actually read Uber report, Uber uses "adjusted EBITDA" which is mumbo jumbo speak for "if you subtract all the costs of operation, taxes, fees, etc. we are now profitable". You also see the word EBITDA in this video btw, dont even need to read the report.
      They aint actually are profitable, they are bleeding billions.
      I suggest unsubcribing from this channel if you actually wanna listen to a human who can actually think for himself, this guy didnt