On the other hand, I took a lot of ubers last year (in Amsterdam). We don't have uber X, but Black and Lux. Pricing of black is on average 10-20% below normal t

On the other hand, I took a lot of ubers last year (in Amsterdam). We don't have uber X, but Black and Lux. Pricing of black is on average 10-20% below normal taxi's. All driver's I've asked have said that they prefer uber for mainly 3 reasons: 1. Control over when they drive 2. Higher utilisation (which in extension should be a big driver for Uberpool) 3. Friendlier/less troublesome passengers Some actually bought (nice) new cars (Mercedes/BMW) and explained me a bit more about the economics of buying a new car and how it made sense for them while driving for Uber. Many I spoke to share the car with another driver to get more rides done per day. As such, I wouldn't assume that most drivers don't account for the total cost of ownership. To me it seems that many do.