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Re:Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California... by olalonde on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:59AM (#22012384)
> Offering a service without an upfront price is shady.

One of the many reasons Uber gained market share over taxis. I doubt they're using the law as a pretext.

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Re:Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California... by traek on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:27PM (#22012711)
This is not at all true. Uber only introduced upfront pricing at the end of 2017. Prior to that users were charged based on time and distance, the same way as taxis.
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Re:Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California... by rchaud on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:01PM (#22013093)
Which country/region was that in? I'm a late adopter of Uber (2015) in Canada and I have always seen the fixed rate price when requesting a ride.
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