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		bombcar on July 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying o... I've always thought much of the problems with Uber would be resolved by allowing the customer to bid higher for the trip.

jeltz on July 11, 2022 [–]

Wouldn't that just encourage Uber drivers to be slow in picking up and wait for people to bid?

bombcar on July 11, 2022 | [–]

Yep, but it'd make Uber much more of a platform for negotiations between buyer and seller, which is what it kind of holds itself out to be.

But it would also encourage the Uber drivers to snipe each other as prices climbed.

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