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Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.' (www.yahoo.com)

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Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.'::undefined

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[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I always thought Uber was supposed to be like carpooling.

That's ~4.74 kilometers, by the way.

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[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 30 points 3 years ago

That was the original idea. Pick people up going the way you're going. Minimal extra mileage, and get paid for the small inconvenience.

But now people are driving just to drive.

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