共享單車的未來

The profitability of bike-sharing service is questionable. The maintenance costs alone can be unbearably high, and most service apps are offering near-free deals to customers at the expense of keen, deep-pocketed investors.

共享腳踏車的盈利性也值得懷疑。單單腳踏車的維護成本就高得驚人，而且大多數服務軟體依靠熱心且財力雄厚的投資人，給消費者提供幾乎免費的服務。

Some argue that advertising revenue and the increasing number of users cover much of the costs, but the colossal failures of some less financially capable operators sound a cautionary note. And making profits is not the top priority of some bike-sharing platforms, which are instead just a stake in the game of capital.

有人說，廣告收入和持續增加的用戶數量覆蓋了大部分的成本。但是大量資金不這麼雄厚的運營商失敗的例子，提供了警示信息。另外，創造利潤並不是共享腳踏車平台的首要目的，它只是資本遊戲的一個籌碼。

If that is really the case, bike-hire services might be marginalized piece by piece, because there will be a risk that speculative investors and operators simply want a convenient financing platform, not a life-changing innovation for the public well-being.

如果真是這樣的話，共享腳踏車服務可能會一點點的被邊緣化。 因為有種風險，就是投機投資者和運營商只想要一個便捷的金融平台，而不是為公共福利進行一個改變生活的創新。

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