Comment on Everything old is new again.

deltreed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because Uber needs to insert themselves somehow to be able to squeeze as much money as possible out of both you and the taxi driver.

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  • deltreed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That still makes no sense. Cabs have no affiliation (e.g. yellow cab) with Uber. I doubt any cab driver cares about Uber PINs. What am I missing?

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you got in an actual taxicab, you are correct that the driver would not care about your Uber PIN. Uber is replacing, or trying to replace, the usual pool of taxi drivers hanging around outside the airport terminal with their own herd of “contractors” waiting to do the same thing, only with the totally unnecessary layer of their stupid app being in between.

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