Similarly people thought ebooks would be significantly cheaper, however counterintuitively they're not much cheaper and sometimes more expensive than a physical book because digital books are more convenient for many people.
Similarly people thought ebooks would be significantly cheaper, however counterintuitively they're not much cheaper and sometimes more expensive than a physical book because digital books are more convenient for many people.
A book author has basically 100% market monopoly on his/her books. He can set a high price and people who want to read the works will still pay.
Whereas ride sharing companies interchangeable and are in full competition with each other, which, in a healthy market, should bring the price down to the point where they're all only making a marginal profit. The cost of alternative mode of transportation does not come into equation (well unless it's overall cheaper and better - then it will kill the entire market segment).