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As far as I understand, this can be distilled down to:

1: Uber is charging 25% commission for the use of their platform

2: Uber is still losing money

Which means that in order for them to break even they would need to charge a higher commission at the existing fare rates, or bump the fares to a level where their commission covered their costs.

Well... There's always the third option too: cut their own cost base significantly.

Each of those options carries an economic impact and knock-on effects.



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