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  Nationwide 24 hour Uber/Lyft Driver's Strike May 8

  So who's in?https://drivers-united.org/strikeGotta admit it's pretty shrewd to do this on the day of Uber's IPO. Let em …
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  “What Have We Done?”: Silicon Valley Engineers Fear They've Created a Monster

  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/silicon-valley-engineers-fear-they-created-a-monster “There’s something you need to know,” she said in a low voice, “and I don’t want you to forget …
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  Uber and Lyft Pulling out of Honolulu?

  A friend of mine in Hawaii told me that Honolulu city council just voted to impose a cap on surge …
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  Time for Uber to give up on the self-driving car

  Sounds like their program was utterly failing, and that's before they struck and killed a pedestrian... Waymo, formerly the self-driving …
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  Are rideshare companies doing enough to ensure the safety of child riders?

  This is kind of an eye-opening read. Drivers for popular rideshare providers Uber and Lyft don’t believe the companies are …

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   6 years ago in  Uber and Lyft are buying their way into monopolization at the expense of everybody else.’

  Yeah I'm not sure where this person gets that from. Uber isn't buying out those medallions. And even if they were, if they are doing it at a fair price, isn't that a positive for these guys?

  This situation is messy as all get out. Local governments need to be held accountable.

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   6 years ago in  What are ways Uber drivers make money besides driving?

  You call it genius. I call it monstrous. For crying out loud can we just have one place without ads.

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   6 years ago in  What are ways Uber drivers make money besides driving?

  If a driver tries to sell me something in his or her car, they get a 1 star rating. Sorry. I'm trying to go somewhere, not buy something.

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   6 years ago in  In NYC, deadheading accounts for ~50 percent of the 600 million miles that TNCs have added to the roads since 2013.

  they should make designated places for rideshare drivers to hang out while waiting for a ride. Like taxi stands. They do this at airports and it seems to work ok. At least then people aren't just driving around aimlessly waiting for a fare.

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   6 years ago in  Taxify valuation passes $1B

  I can't even keep track of all of these companies now. But it seems like Uber is definitely going to be facing some big challengers in the coming few years. Didi and Ola are huge, and are making big plays. Europe is another breeding ground. Lyft is gaining ground on their home turf.

  Yeah. Uber's gotta be runnig scared, and as you rightly point out they are spending a lot of effort fixing their PR problem at home. I'm sure Dara's got his eye on all of this but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

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   6 years ago in  Didi passenger murdered by driver

  Horrible. Hope they find the guy and do whatever it is they do to people like that to him.

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   6 years ago in  I just got paid DOUBLE for an Uber ride

  He clearly meant "is 40 good for your tip?" what a generous dude. :D

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   6 years ago in  According to BI, 10% is the correct tip for rideshare drivers

  Super low. 20% is standard for services in most cities these days.

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   6 years ago in  Lyft now has 35% of Market Share in the US ride-sharing market [CNBC]

  Also consider that they've had a huge leadership shakeup in the last year. Maybe the new team and the work towards the new image just isn't cutting it... Maybe all of their gross business practices before now were working for them...

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   6 years ago in  Uber self-driving car that killed pedestrian "decided" not to stop for her

  need more details. There is more to the story here taht they are not telling us

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   6 years ago in  There was a pile of dog poo in the back of my Uber this weekend. We didn't realize until we got out, and the driver charged us for it???

  Admit it. It was your poo.

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   6 years ago in  Didi IPO is coming

  Didi is becoming a huge player. they are expanding too. Mexico, Australia. Uber must be sweating...

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   6 years ago in  New York approves Uber and Lyft surcharges

  Wow. That seems a bit steep. I assume it gets passed on to the passenger.

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   6 years ago in  Time for Uber to give up on the self-driving car

  well they haven't killed anyone yet so there's that.

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   6 years ago in  Time for Uber to give up on the self-driving car

  I'm amazed at the Waymo stat. 5600 miles without someone intervening?? damn.

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   6 years ago in  Is Uber eats worth it for drivers?

  LOL this is hilarious.

  Not to mention you might not get a tip. At least traditional delivery drivers are almost always tipped. I think people feel like they don't have to tip uber drivers and that carries over into uber eats.

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   6 years ago in  First Pedestrain death at the "hands" of a self driving Uber Vehicle

  Really want to hear from Uber how this could have happened. I thought these cars were supposed to have super sensors that could see better than humans.

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   6 years ago in  Large Passengers, should they be made to order UberXL?

  I hope your snack supply was on point.

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   6 years ago in  Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Care

  "Uber minus app is basically just another taxi service"

  What's your point? That's true whether they are taking an elderly person to the doctor or a millenial to work in the morning. 

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   6 years ago in  Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Care

  Does insurance cover this I wonder?

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