I prefer Uber because it doesn't hassle me for tips. Tips make compensation opaque, and a large part of the beauty of uber/lyft/etc for me anyway is not to have

I prefer Uber because it doesn't hassle me for tips. Tips make compensation opaque, and a large part of the beauty of uber/lyft/etc for me anyway is not to have to think about the payment (after checking that the fare is reasonable). A small part of me probably prefers Uber also because the anti-Uber rhetoric in the press and "progressive" social media contacts is largely substance-less.