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Uber’s use of dynamic pricing has led to higher fares for passengers and lower earnings for drivers, whilst increasing Uber’s share of revenue.

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[–] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

i live in a really great location for getting onto a bunch of different highways. because of this, ubers circle the area because they are closer to more things. it shows you the ubers in the area, and I will see like 8 or 9 going in circles, waiting. so i select the "wait and save" option on the app, because it's 3 dollars less and figure the wait won't be long because demand is low and there are plenty of drivers. nope. it literally just enabled a timer that didn't put my order through until it was over. it wasn't giving me a deal for being flexible with my pickup time, it was CHARGING ME 3$ just to have the privilege of them not withholding my service order arbitrarily.

fuck uber man that made me so mad

[–] erev@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

meanwhile i set a wait and save so i have time to finish getting ready and uber tells me it's already arrived.