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Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010) by leephillips on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:19PM (#30617196)
I had almost the exact experience, including the timing, with one alteration: exchange Uber with taxi.
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Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010) by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:04PM (#30617894)
And hence the root problem is exposed: people are generally not able or willing to pay enough to incentivize someone to reliably drive them at odd hours. The problem is people expecting something they cannot afford.
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Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010) by scarface74 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:14PM (#30617998)
So if only some company had an algorithm to incentivize drivers based on supply and demand…
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Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010) by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:43PM (#30618399)
And then the company gets excoriated by media for price gouging.
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