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edit: oh yea, it says that in small print at the bottom of the page.
Uber API TOS says: "You may not use the Uber API in any manner that is competitive to Uber or the Uber Services, including in connection with any application, website or other product or service that also includes, features, endorses, or otherwise supports in any way a third party that provides services competitive to Uber’s products and services, as determined in our sole discretion." https://developer.uber.com/v1/t…
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Uber fare is supposed to include tip.
Which is kind of a funny way for Uber to say "we don't do tipping." I mean, I guess you could say that my salary "includes a tip," and that it's really 20% lower but then there's a 20% tip on top of that, but obviously I wouldn't actually say that. Uber says that their fare "includes a tip" because people are used to tipping cabbies. But tips are only tips when they are optional amounts that customers can vary the si…
This how you know when something becomes a commodity. Uber/Lyft/Taxi/Sidecar they will just be competing on price in the long run, since they all compete in a commoditized market, and the player with better ubiquity and infrastructure will ultimately win, because they will be able to cut prices in a way that smaller players won't be able to afford.
This is a problem. If one of them gains a monopoly they will be able to lower service quality, raise prices and still be able to kill/buy off any new small competitor.
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Which is kind of a funny way for Uber to say "we don't do tipping." I mean, I guess you could say that my salary "includes a tip," and that it's really 20% lower but then there's a 20% tip on top of that, but obviously I wouldn't actually say that. Uber says that their fare "includes a tip" because people are used to tipping cabbies. But tips are only tips when they are optional amounts that customers can vary the si…
I don't know where you are from, but North America tipping is not optional in certain situations. A waitress in a restaurant does not get payed a salary, but lives solely from tips. I don't know if the same is true for taxi drivers (who are not the owner of the car).
That's not quite true -- they make something like $2 an hour in the US and $9.55 an hour (almost minimum wage) in Ontario, Canada.
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Which is kind of a funny way for Uber to say "we don't do tipping." I mean, I guess you could say that my salary "includes a tip," and that it's really 20% lower but then there's a 20% tip on top of that, but obviously I wouldn't actually say that. Uber says that their fare "includes a tip" because people are used to tipping cabbies. But tips are only tips when they are optional amounts that customers can vary the si…
I don't know where you are from, but North America tipping is not optional in certain situations. A waitress in a restaurant does not get payed a salary, but lives solely from tips. I don't know if the same is true for taxi drivers (who are not the owner of the car).
This is independent of whether or not there are people that are paid poor wages.
I love products like these. Slices right through all the promotional noise like "fun drivers," "fast pick-up times," "clean cars," etc and gets right to chase -- price. At the end of the day, they are all taxi services in my book. Whichever gets me from point A to point B the cheapest wins my dollars. Fast pick-up times, a sexy functional app, and other common sense differentiators are expectations now, not selling p…
> At the end of the day, they are all taxi services in my book. Unless you live in New York, and are trying to get from Manhattan to one of the outer boroughs, in which case getting a yellow cab is a total crapshoot.
Just get in before telling them your destination. If they give you flak (and you feel like fighting them), just take note of their medallion # and state clearly that you will report them if they fail to fulfill their obligation.
I love products like these. Slices right through all the promotional noise like "fun drivers," "fast pick-up times," "clean cars," etc and gets right to chase -- price. At the end of the day, they are all taxi services in my book. Whichever gets me from point A to point B the cheapest wins my dollars. Fast pick-up times, a sexy functional app, and other common sense differentiators are expectations now, not selling p…
> At the end of the day, they are all taxi services in my book. Unless you live in New York, and are trying to get from Manhattan to one of the outer boroughs, in which case getting a yellow cab is a total crapshoot.