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These prices are set via algorithm, and time of day seems to be a huge part of it. My 2.5 mile trip in Washington DC on a Thursday morning at 7:30 was $55.
There was speculation that the algo takes several features into account not just time. Things like battery life, distance from frequent locations, etc. So for instance: profile is a young lady, she is on 10% battery and is several miles from home at an entertainment hub like a nightclub/concert so jack the fare up cos she’ll take it regardless, type stuff.
I used to have a very unreliable Jeep that would break down for weeks at a time. I bit the bullet and ubered to work. I have screenshots showing the fare climbing over the course of a week to six times the original price for the same trip as the algo learned that I needed to work and did not have a car.
Jesus Christ that's horrible. We'll need to now make something like virtualbox for Android to isolate these shitty ass apps from knowing system details and shit.
EDIT: We all need to go check our uber transactions to see if cost per ride corresponded to life events.
Wouldn't have a cab costed the same every day? I'm curious as to how that would compare.
If they are not in a city in the US, probably not. The nearest cab company is 2 towns/cities away from me.