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In Denver the taxi's are horrible - half the time you smell puke or some horrible odor, the other half you have to wait an hour to just get a ride. I'm not sayi

In Denver the taxi's are horrible - half the time you smell puke or some horrible odor, the other half you have to wait an hour to just get a ride. I'm not saying I like Uber as a company, nor what they did to drivers, but they (as well as others like Lyft) have created a fresh fast way to get around and it costs the same as a taxi most of the time. It's hard to not flock to that.

Pigo 10y ago
The only reason for this better experience is because you're riding in a car that Uber doesn't have to maintain. There's a lot of Uber drivers who go out of their way to create a pleasant ride, which is what makes it great. If the drivers aren't getting compensated appropriately for this, then that's a huge problem in my opinion.
- sfifs 10y ago
  Then they will stop driving for Uber and find something else to do that pays them better. I'm generally more concerned about the precedent Uber sets riding roughshod on legal regulations, but fairness of compensation is very much an emergent market phenomenon and people are free to not drive for Uber if they find themselves inadequately compensated.
  - jeromegv 10y ago
    The argument that people can just "not drive Uber" would be a fine one. Except that Uber has a history of drastically changing their compensation structure overnight. This fall in Toronto, they reduced their UberEat compensation by half, overnight. People have rent, invoices, bills, and have car payment and comes to expect a certain amount of money to come in after week, and when you do those kind of changes overnight without warning people, this is just pure evil capitalism. They use the same tactic when they open a new market, they advertise certain rate, people buy a car or rent a car to start working for Uber, and then few months down the line they reduce the price, and again, and again, and again, and then people are stuck with a car where they have to drive twice as much to bring back the same income.
    - sfifs 10y ago
      I've talked to a number of drivers in India where Uber changes compensation structures every couple of months and everyone has got in knowing Uber can/will do these things - no one seems to be as credulous as you claim. They limit their risk exposures accordingly - many choose to drive for other car owners vs. invest in their own car.
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  - Pigo 10y ago
    I guess that's what I'm saying, these people should stop driving for Uber.
- nerfhammer 10y ago
  Uber created an incentive structure for drivers to give you a good experience.

Pigo 10y ago

The only reason for this better experience is because you're riding in a car that Uber doesn't have to maintain. There's a lot of Uber drivers who go out of their way to create a pleasant ride, which is what makes it great. If the drivers aren't getting compensated appropriately for this, then that's a huge problem in my opinion.

sfifs 10y ago
Then they will stop driving for Uber and find something else to do that pays them better. I'm generally more concerned about the precedent Uber sets riding roughshod on legal regulations, but fairness of compensation is very much an emergent market phenomenon and people are free to not drive for Uber if they find themselves inadequately compensated.
- jeromegv 10y ago
  The argument that people can just "not drive Uber" would be a fine one. Except that Uber has a history of drastically changing their compensation structure overnight. This fall in Toronto, they reduced their UberEat compensation by half, overnight. People have rent, invoices, bills, and have car payment and comes to expect a certain amount of money to come in after week, and when you do those kind of changes overnight without warning people, this is just pure evil capitalism. They use the same tactic when they open a new market, they advertise certain rate, people buy a car or rent a car to start working for Uber, and then few months down the line they reduce the price, and again, and again, and again, and then people are stuck with a car where they have to drive twice as much to bring back the same income.
  - sfifs 10y ago
    I've talked to a number of drivers in India where Uber changes compensation structures every couple of months and everyone has got in knowing Uber can/will do these things - no one seems to be as credulous as you claim. They limit their risk exposures accordingly - many choose to drive for other car owners vs. invest in their own car.
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- Pigo 10y ago
  I guess that's what I'm saying, these people should stop driving for Uber.
nerfhammer 10y ago
Uber created an incentive structure for drivers to give you a good experience.