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    Comment #20847161

    1). Not true. What’s surge pricing then? During NYE and Halloween, absolute peak demand time, drivers are not required to work - they’re instead made aware of higher earnings durin…

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    Comment #20417071

    No, because it’ll only get better until next summer.

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    Comment #19915974

    FYI, Sidecar did this in 2013 - you could set your own price, both as a rider and driver. Then, when you request a ride, it would be more like market-making, with you getting match…

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    Comment #19068484

    Uber is already doing buses in LatAm and MENA. Most North American cities (except NYC really) just don’t have the density to make the unit economics work for a marketplace with bus…

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    Comment #18836524

    The biggest abuse of this was definitely with the A’s stadium in Oakland. If a game doesn’t sell out, the city pays for the empty seats. Your tax dollars at work.

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    Comment #18733288

    No, it’s true. This was right after the Susan Fowler event when Uber’s Blind channel blew up in membership. They blocked it, people just laughed and turned off wifi, and then they …