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Hue does support Matter. Hue is expensive but delivers a premium experience, unlike the products talked about in this thread that are expensive but not better than the competition.…

An alternative possibility is that a rideshare company sees that Alice always takes the price that's offered so Alice receives the standard price, whereas Bob is price-sensitive so…

Free markets are great.

It's possible they do that, but it's difficult to block third-party clients entirely. Changes to APIs can generally be worked around.

That can work for two apps but it's tedious once there are three or more. You'd also need to swipe back and forth between apps to find the corresponding prices for each ride type (…

What project was this?

That's a valid concern but I think it's unlikely. No one's account has been locked for using this app. Rideshare companies take a large cut of the ride fare, so locking user accoun…

App Review didn't object to that. There are various apps on the App Store today that rely on reverse engineering, such as unified messaging apps, alternative rideshare price compar…

That's planned!

It works throughout the US and Canada.

No, just mobile.

I created an app that compares real-time prices and wait times across Uber, Lyft, Waymo, Tesla Robotaxi, Curb, and Empower. It shows you all ride options in one list, then once you…

What's your Android method? I use Apple Configurator too.

I'm guessing it's https://www.island.io

Hi Hacker News! I'm Griffin, co-founder of Circle. Here at Circle, we want to build tech support chatbots for large companies. We're building bots that are much more knowledgeable …