Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by dnautics on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:38PM
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If you're tipping the drivers off-app, then uber sees 0% of it as a cut, versus 30% or whatever crazy percentage it's become. So it's exactly anti-welfare for Uber. Are you complaining that other passengers are changing the expectation of what the drivers should be paid (and doing so out of their own wallet?)
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Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by prostoalex on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:43PM
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Lyft is the only major ridesharing app allowing in-app tipping, so they get to set the industry standard here, and in-app tipping is cut-free according to Lyft
https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/213815618-Lyft-Commi...
"Lyft takes no commission from tips, which passengers can add easily through the app. That's right — drivers always keep 100% of tips, whether it's a buck or a Benjamin."
yeah they had a bit of a problem with this when lyft's original surge pricing was billed as a 'mandatory tip'. But they corrected it by eliminating the word 'tip' from primetime when the started taking a cut from it. There was about a two week period when they were not in compliance with the laws on the matter despite that I emailed them in advance of change warning them this was going to be a problem.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by miguelmejia on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:43PM
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> So it's exactly anti-welfare for Uber.
Not quite. By "welfare for Uber", they meant the burden of compensating the driver shifts from Uber to the passenger themselves, rather than on Uber to the driver a "fair cut" (whatever that may be).