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It’s a complete lie. On a $116 surge price trip, drivers get an extra $5.[0] THIS is how Uber finally turned a profit. None of that Kalanick bullshit about how

It’s a complete lie. On a $116 surge price trip, drivers get an extra $5.[0] THIS is how Uber finally turned a profit. None of that Kalanick bullshit about how only self driving cars can make Uber profitable.[1][2] It’s jacking up prices and pocketing the difference. Never trust a tech bro. They’re all grifters and liars. [0] https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LCks4j/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8LCks4j/ [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/08/19/s-self-driving-cars-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-ipo/88967594/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/08/19/s-self-d... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/28/ubers-self-driving-cars-are-a-key-to-its-path-to-profitability.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/28/ubers-self-driving-cars-are-...

WillPostForFood 3y ago
It’s a complete lie. On a $116 surge price trip, drivers get an extra $5 It would be helpful to have a better source than hearsay on TikTok from some rando whose gig seems to be ranting about tech bros. Even a an Uber driver on TikTok would be good.
- Firmwarrior 3y ago
  How about some secondhand hearsay? I've heard this same thing from Lyft drivers. Their customers are all pissed, the drivers ask why, it's because a $30 ride is costing them $100. Meanwhile, the driver still just gets the usual rate
- jonathankoren 3y ago
  How very brave you to dismiss screenshots and take obviously out of touch and responsible billionaire Dara Khosrowshahi over the drivers who have been saying this very thing for literally years now. Seriously. What makes Khosrowshahi believable here, and why do you identify with him?
bawolff 3y ago
> It’s jacking up prices and pocketing the difference. Obviously the way to make profit is to charge more than you spend. Literally the definition.
- jonathankoren 3y ago
  Hotter take: Pocketing the excess value of someone else's labor and capital is theft.
  - bawolff 3y ago
    Hottest take: As a worker, only you can free yourself from your chains. It ain't the corporations' job to start the revolution on your behalf.
    - wahnfrieden 3y ago
      Don’t wait around for revolution either
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    Only if you believe in the labor theory of value which has a lot of flaws instead of thinking that value is derived from supply and demand which has more predictive power and can be a better model.

WillPostForFood 3y ago

It’s a complete lie. On a $116 surge price trip, drivers get an extra $5 It would be helpful to have a better source than hearsay on TikTok from some rando whose gig seems to be ranting about tech bros. Even a an Uber driver on TikTok would be good.

Firmwarrior 3y ago
How about some secondhand hearsay? I've heard this same thing from Lyft drivers. Their customers are all pissed, the drivers ask why, it's because a $30 ride is costing them $100. Meanwhile, the driver still just gets the usual rate
jonathankoren 3y ago
How very brave you to dismiss screenshots and take obviously out of touch and responsible billionaire Dara Khosrowshahi over the drivers who have been saying this very thing for literally years now. Seriously. What makes Khosrowshahi believable here, and why do you identify with him?

bawolff 3y ago

> It’s jacking up prices and pocketing the difference. Obviously the way to make profit is to charge more than you spend. Literally the definition.

jonathankoren 3y ago
Hotter take: Pocketing the excess value of someone else's labor and capital is theft.
- bawolff 3y ago
  Hottest take: As a worker, only you can free yourself from your chains. It ain't the corporations' job to start the revolution on your behalf.
  - wahnfrieden 3y ago
    Don’t wait around for revolution either
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  Only if you believe in the labor theory of value which has a lot of flaws instead of thinking that value is derived from supply and demand which has more predictive power and can be a better model.