In the article, the user looks at the price and thinks it seems higher than normal, which is different than comparing prices for identical rides at the same time.

EDIT: There is another account I missed in the article where identical rides are compared, so I take this back

In the article, the same thing is later tried with the user’s phone and the phone of a friend in sequence, at the same time.

I see. That seems like pretty good evidence then.

The point of the OP is that it is impossible to submit evidence that contradicts these anecdotes, because it is impossible to prove something never happens through experiments.

> I see. That seems like pretty good evidence then.

Two data points, one gathered immediately after another for the same route from a separate device, from a provider known to track demande and use "surge pricing"?

Ah, but which phone checked first? I could see the second request coming back with a higher price due to increased demand in the area.