Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M

Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by everforward on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:35PM (#36958386)

I'm not sure when, but at some point they switched so that you don't pick a location for chains. E.g. you just order from "Wendy's" and Uber picks which location it comes from. That's why you don't see a dozen McDonald's in the list anymore.

It does tell you how far the location they're using is if you keep an eye on that. I've also been bitten because I forgot to check and Uber decided to try to deliver from a Wendy's 15 miles away instead of the one a quarter mile away.

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Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by squeaky-clean on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:38PM (#36961494)

If I search for McDonald's I see 5 in my list.

If I just click the fast-food button, it only shows 1 McDonald's. But it's because it's a sponsored listing and I can still see the address of the store when I tap on it. It says it's 0.9 miles away.

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Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by bombcar on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:44PM (#36962552)

This must be how they got me, I had a naive assumption that if you pick a chain, it picks the nearest one, but that clearly isn't the case.

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