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I take Uber a couple times a year (when there are no other alternatives). I always chat with the driver and ask how much he is making out of that ride. I have s

I take Uber a couple times a year (when there are no other alternatives). I always chat with the driver and ask how much he is making out of that ride. I have seen absolutely astonishing price differences. Coming back from SFO to south bay at night a couple weeks ago, we were quoted 120$. The driver take home was...30$. I don't understand how we got in this situation. Is the app really providing that much value? Why can't a scrappy startup with 25 people not create a similar app and take a fixed 1$ a ride? Today there is no other solution than accepting Uber (or similarly Lyft) prices. There should be a world where instead of paying 120$ I pay 60$ and the driver instead of getting 30$ gets 55$?

swozey 3y ago
Austin has had a number of not-Uber/Lyft rideshares. There was a point where U/L were banned by the city council for not doing fingerprint background checks so a bunch popped up. https://www.kut.org/transportation/2021-12-29/here-are-six-ride-hailing-companies-in-austin-that-arent-uber-or-lyft https://www.kut.org/transportation/2021-12-29/here-are-six-r...
verteu 3y ago
> Why can't a scrappy startup with 25 people not create a similar app and take a fixed 1$ a ride? Surely there's a huge network effect? Maybe it could work in one city, though.