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The article doesn't mention if tips are included in their calculation (I suspect not). Are Uber/Lyft still cheaper after a 10-15% tip?

• nashashmi 1y ago
  About the same.
• Jelthi 1y ago
  My thoughts exactly. I usually tip well - too well if I’m drinking and that’s usually when I’m taking an Uber.
• toast0 1y ago
  Assuming the rides are comparable, the article has a table which includes price/km (weird) of Lyft: $7.99, Uber: $8.36, and Waymo: $11.22. On that data, Waymo is roughly 40% higher, so way more than just a tip.
  • Pwntastic 1y ago
    in my limited experience, you're not usually tipping a percent but a flat dollar amount of like $2-5 per ride, so $3 on an $8 ride basically removes the price difference between lyft/uber and waymo
  • Jelthi 1y ago
    Assuming you didn’t upgrade to a different tier or pay for priority to get your uber faster or a nicer ride. Uber also can increase the cost of the ride on you with unexpected routes or time. Yes you can complain, but I am sure plenty don’t even notice. The math isn’t wrong, but it’s not so black and white. I’m in the camp though of “I would pay double not to deal with a human”
• arealaccount 1y ago
  Only about 15% people tip https://www.businessinsider.com/1-percent-uber-riders-always-tip-study-40-million-rides-2019-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/1-percent-uber-riders-always...
  • martinpw 1y ago
    Important caveat to that study from right at the end of the article: the data set used for the study, while massive, was limited to 2017 data. [...] Uber only added a tipping function to its app in 2017 So the study was either before you could even tip in the app or soon after and when it was still new. A more recent study would interesting.
• vpribish 1y ago
  it's funny, but tipping is one of the things many people will pay more to avoid.