Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are paying anyway

Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @03:04AM (#44281003)

It's not arbitrary. It's part of an ongoing relationship that is worth significantly more. That $3 came out of the trust they have with the company. But even though they're wary now, they still have some trust and want to use the service in the future.

Some random guy asking for $3 is a wildly different situation.

It's not about the $3, it's about the relationship.

A close analogy would be Netflix going up $2. If you keep paying that, it doesn't mean you think the money is negligible, and it doesn't mean you would give that money to someone else. And this holds whether Netflix got consent before the increase or scammed you out of it or anything in between; those things affect the decision but they don't change the fundamental nature of it.

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by roenxi on Sunday June 15, 2025 @04:21AM (#44281219)

The company is valuing the relationship at <$3. In practice there can be no "relationship" with an entity that wilfully steals $3; even in the commercial sense. It is strictly transactional and they're signalling that on any transaction they're willing to cheat you.

You can keep using them if you want. But history has no meaning when dealing with that sort of company.

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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @01:10PM (#44283480)

Keeping an account in good standing, able to continue to purchase services, qualifies as a relationship here.

You can't view transactions in isolation because of the ban possibility.

Yes they're willing to cheat me. But I can limit that and I don't have many choices.

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