The city has just 39 licensed cab drivers.

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    But it’s a tactic, right? They could still make money, if a bit less, by operating in Minneapolis. But they can put pressure on residents to try and get it repealed by stopping, and try to send a message to other cities.

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      No, they barely make money as it is

      Lyft is losing money, Uber is barely profitable

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        8 months ago

        Uber is making way more money than they let on. They got caught stashing millions over seas. They and lyft both take over half of the transaction on average and have reduced their support teams to mostly bots and people who can barely read.

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              Uber increased the cash on hand by 139M in the 4th quarter, so they definitely make more than a million a day net profit