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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by bena on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:56AM (#44282612)
Yeah, but the route is on your phone as well. The driver cannot deviate from that course without you knowing.
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Re:Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft – and people are ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:29AM (#44282797)
Unless they cancel the ride, and you ignore the notification.

I was talking to someone recently, and they were telling me about how they got a (Lyft, I think) ride from the airport (JFK), and the driver picked them up, and said that the ride had been canceled (as they got into the car), but that for $20, he'd take them where they were going (I assume the ride was less than $20).

Apparently, this is fairly common. There's been a couple of articles about how the Uber and Lyft drivers around JFK and LaGuardia have learned to game the system. They can also conspire to drive up the pricing.

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