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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by untog on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:06AM (#13771855)
That is in no way true.

Suggesting that black people are somehow to blame for Uber not allowing in-app tips is one of the most out there things I've seen on HN, and that's saying something.

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by smileysteve on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:10AM (#13771878)
Tipping has been studied and has been associated with discrimination on gender, race, and class.

http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a23132/why-tip...

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by untog on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:22AM (#13774621)
It's a long way to go from that to saying that Uber have enacted a policy specifically because of it.
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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by rad88 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @11:22AM (#13775280)
Uber enacted their tipping policy to keep total control over prices and moreover to keep prices low.

When they were sued by their own workers because of this and had their backs against the wall, they had to claim it was because of this racist hand-wavy BS.

It was a ret-con and an incredibly cynical and insulting thing to do, but that's now the official reason they didn't allow tips.

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by rad88 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:55AM (#13774960)
This is the claim made by Uber spokesmen. I also heard it directly from an Uber manager. It disgusted me too.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/27/uber-resists...

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