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Uber is tracking my battery status, all the time

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Re: Uber is tracking my battery status, all the time

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wingerlang wrote: post #20
fosco wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if you see a person who is dying of thirst you do not jack the price of $1 dollar a bottle to $2 just because you know they are thirsty. this business practice is unbelievable that it is even legal.

All I said was that they claim NOT to do this within the article.

weird, thats what I'm reading from the article in the link in parent. --> "Chen says users will pay up to 9.9 times in surge if their battery is critical just so they’re not stranded wherever they are (of course, assuming that your driver doesn’t cancel on you after your phone’s dead.)"

Re: Uber is tracking my battery status, all the time

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Post by wingerlang »

fosco wrote: post #21
wingerlang wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All I said was that they claim NOT to do this within the article.

weird, thats what I'm reading from the article in the link in parent. --> "Chen says users will pay up to 9.9 times in surge if their battery is critical just so they’re not stranded wherever they are (of course, assuming that your driver doesn’t cancel on you after your phone’s dead.)"

It is possible this has happened naturally, say after some big festival or event where 1000s of people call uber at the same time. Or surveys perhaps.

This is what I am talking about

> Chen promises that Uber does not use this information to pry you to pay surge, which sounds like a relief if that’s to be believed.

Because this quote is directly saying they don't do it. While your quote doesn't.

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