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> How can you say that Lyft is "stiffing" the drivers when they lose money on every ride? That's Lyft's problem, not the drivers'. They could always find more
by username223 7y ago
> How can you say that Lyft is "stiffing" the drivers when they lose money on every ride?
That's Lyft's problem, not the drivers'. They could always find more money by charging higher fares and maintaining a fleet of identical cars for drivers to rent, but then they'd just be a taxi company, not a "tech platform." If they want to keep offering VC-subsidized rides, that's fine by me. And when they run out, they can decide whether they want to stiff their drivers even more, or raise their fares.
And yes, the American tipping system needs to die.
- gradys 7y ago> They could always find more money by charging higher fares... It's not clear that they'd actually end up with more money as a company or more money for drivers this way. I'd expect they could pay many fewer drivers somewhat more, but total payments to drivers would be much less.