That's not entirely true. In our market, there aren't many Uber drivers and it's easy to game the system. A few weeks ago I took a ride with someone who was tr

That's not entirely true. In our market, there aren't many Uber drivers and it's easy to game the system. A few weeks ago I took a ride with someone who was trying very hard not to "join the uber mafia". He said that most of the time he also has to turn off his phone, otherwise he gets screwed over. The reason is that when there are no more drivers, he'll get matched with people on the other side of town. He doesn't get paid for the drive out, and sometimes people still cancel after waiting 20 minutes for an uber to show up after ordering. Even with surge pricing it didn't make financial sense, so he'll turn off his phone too or switch to Lyft during these periods.