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Re:Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avo... by GFischer on Thursday March 29, 2018 @02:23PM (#16709615)
I worked in insurance that kind of increases do work (for the insurer), but we did it in the "boiling the frog slowly" way so there was no 40% trigger to wake you up.

We had little churn, if you stayed a customer after a slight rise, 90% stayed for the next slow rise.

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Re:Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avo... by Scoundreller on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:17PM (#16712824)
The big pharma approach vs. the Martin Shkreli approach.
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