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Ride sharing surge pricing gets nasty when it's a national disaster or other major unpredicted event and the rates are sexdecoupling, because it begins to look
by sliverstorm 9y ago
Ride sharing surge pricing gets nasty when it's a national disaster or other major unpredicted event and the rates are sexdecoupling, because it begins to look like profiteering off human misery. But moderate surge pricing is already a fact of life on ride sharing services.
- eru 9y agoAlas, in exactly those unpredicted disaster events the surge pricing would be useful.
- sliverstorm 9y agoHow do you figure? Everybody needs to be evacuated, not just the wealthy.
- eru 9y agoWishful thinking doesn't increase the resources available. If there's more demand than supply, some kind of rationing will kick in. Luck of the draw, queues, higher prices, .. Surge pricing encourages more supply (ie drivers), too.