Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down temporarily in California

Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:31PM (#24135833)

I think it's going to depend by area. The last time I tried to use Uber to get a ride from the airport, I had several drivers accept, then call me - "I'm all the way in midtown, it'll take me 45 minutes to get to you, you probably want to cancel this."

The incentives for drivers have always been fucked. I'd rather the drivers not accept my ride than try to play a weird game of chicken to get me to cancel when I'm trying to get somewhere.

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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by chrischen on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:57PM (#24137501)

I never had that at the airport but my contingency plan for the times when drivers decided not to show in an obvious attempt to get me to cancel was to pull up the other ride sharing app and then use that, and leave the original one running.

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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by pavel_lishin on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:10AM (#24143489)

I thought about doing that. But I don't want to punish people whose economic incentives are apparently so shitty that they have to pull this kind of nonsense. I'm only that petty against spammers.

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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by boring_twenties on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:40PM (#24137913)

Have you ever had them both eventually show up?

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