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Re:Uber drivers say rideshare surge pricing backfired on New... by kenzokai on Friday January 02, 2015 @04:37PM (#8828696)
> that data and algorithms rule all

Well actually they don't because they overrode the algorithm instead of letting it do its job.

The culture at Uber is actually "greed".

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Re:Uber drivers say rideshare surge pricing backfired on New... by untog on Friday January 02, 2015 @04:41PM (#8828712)
Well, that's what we think they did. We don't know that. But even still, if it were true it does just highlight that when they're not relying on existing data they really don't have good instincts.
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