> Add to that the issue that every taxi ride I've taken in recent memory involved the driver spending the entire ride complaining about the low fare To be fair

> Add to that the issue that every taxi ride I've taken in recent memory involved the driver spending the entire ride complaining about the low fare To be fair most of the conversations I've had with Lyft drivers quickly turned to fair price and their own financial issues too. (I've never ridden Uber so I don't have any data points to compare.) Maybe they're just trying to develop a context for any tip you might give? > the driver spending the entire ride complaining about the low fare (which is 2x the UberX fare). My understanding is that UberX fares seen by riders are ridiculously low (significantly below the cost of the ride) and are actually subsidized by Uber so I'm not sure if that's a great price comparison point. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/uber-true-cost-uh-oh https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/uber-true-cost-uh...