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		_ea1k on Aug 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber posts first quarterly net profit Connect buyer and seller of taxi services and take a fraction off the top of the transaction. Who knew that this could actually be profitable, other than everyone?

moduspol on Aug 1, 2023 [–]

Not virtually every commenter on every Uber-related thread on HN for the past few years?

It was kind of repeated ad-nauseum that VC cash was just being burned to prop up this infeasible business model.

_ea1k on Aug 2, 2023 | [–]

I know. And you'd get shouted down for saying otherwise too. It was really weird.

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