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Yes that was part of my thought too In response to a pricing surge I expected more drivers to be incentivized to get out of bed at 11PM and make more money Bu
by foogazi 7y ago
Yes that was part of my thought too
In response to a pricing surge I expected more drivers to be incentivized to get out of bed at 11PM and make more money
But if that hour of work at 11pm is worth the same as waking up 8 the next day then they lose out on thousands of people willing to pay surge pricing
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> In response to a pricing surge I expected more drivers to be incentivized to get out of bed at 11PM and make more money That's true. But they also may be incentivized by demand surge in itself - when the demand overwhelms supply, they can earn maximum effective hourly rate, which is not the case when the demand is roughly matching the supply. Adding surge pricing on top of that means wealthy people get prioritized, which is a separate effect and one that can be considered a) unfair, and b) disrupting to the regular city life, especially if the attendees of a mass event that caused the demand spike are wealthier on average than the regular citizens.