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Oh, that sucks. I am going to miss the huge discounts it offers over its competitors.
I agree. It’s sad that SoftBank isn’t interested in subsidizing our lives anymore.
I'm surprised Zomato isn't circling the drain. They killed the only reliable and popular restaurant review website in my city when they bought Urbanspoon [1]. Now all we have is Google Maps where everything has five hundred reviews and 4.3 star average because they use Google Opinion Rewards to populate it.

[1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=AU-WA&...

I believe they are doing well in India. It's the main review site there.
They also seem to be the main one in Auckland, New Zealand
Reviews and listings seem to be taking a backseat now in India as well. A couple of years back you could expect to see a new restaurant listed and its menu posted within a couple of days of opening. Now it often takes months.
Definitely bad for consumers in the long run to have less competition.

But Uber just never seemed to invest in Eats. The app was slow and dated, and basic things like adding an address required whole lot of gymnastics.

Not to mention it was available in far fewer cities than Swiggy/Zomato

Uber's ride-hailing business is not yet profitable, and Uber's co-founder Travis Kalanick has continued to cash out and sell 8.4 million shares for multiple consecutive times, with a total price of more than $ 250 million.

For Uber, which is still in a special period, the risk of continuing to invest in subsidies on the takeaway is greater than the direct investment team.

Uber's ride-hailing business is not yet profitable, and Uber's co-founder Travis Kalanick has continued to cash out and sell 8.4 million shares for multiple consecutive times, with a total price of more than $ 250 million.

For Uber, which is still in a special period, the risk of continuing to invest in subsidies on the takeaway is greater than the direct investment team.

Uber will stand in history as another example where investors took over the founder and tried to squeeze out all profits as soon as they possibly can while squashing away all extravagant outrageous ambitions. Uber used to be the flagbearer of the logistics revolution in the world, now reduced to operational excellence for a mere cab-hailing app for the sole purpose of maximizing shareholder value.
Uber was always a mediocre business. It’s becoming visible now, but that’s a matter of time, not the fault of the CEO.
Never used Uber Eats. It seems that Swiggy and Zomato have been largely successful in retaining their users.