Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi estimated a 2.95-mile ride would cost $20 but was surprised to learn it actually cost $51, Wired reported.

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

  • Bobby Bandwidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    1 year ago

    “from downtown New York City to the West Side”

    $50 is what you’d expect if you lived in nyc, or been there enough

    • Phyrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Not from the area, what’s the deal/context?

      I’m assuming it’s a traffic cluster fuck?

      • Bobby Bandwidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
        29·
        1 year ago

        It’s one of the densest, most populated 2.9 miles in the world. The route takes you through the core of manhattan/nyc.

      • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
        131·
        1 year ago

        It’s 5 to 7 miles, possibly in traffic. 20 to 50 minutes, depending on the time of day. It’s like $30, but could double during rush hour or any popular time of day.

        So yeah, $50 whenever you want to go. $30 in the middle of the night.

          • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
            91·
            1 year ago

            Cabs are less than Uber. But really just take the subway, unless you’re going across town or something where a car is faster.

              • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Uber is way way more convenient to order because of the apps. Same reason airbnb is still better for most people when traveling/renting in a new city. Its way more convenient than the traditional way that fancy updated in decades

                We need monopoly and housing regulation so these companies can’t exploit people and cause huge harm to neighborhoods while people still get the benefit of the apps making things way easier.

                  • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
                    4·
                    1 year ago

                    Curb is actually pretty bad. Only used them a few times and they kept overcharging me every month. Some repeat charge. The bank had to get involved.

                    Hotels only have good booking systems to compete with Airbnb. They used to have no way to book online, and you had to call.

                  • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Uber and airbnb work in almost every country/city. I dont meed to figure out what taxi service or hotel website to use in every city/country i visit. Also i hate hotels. I want a kitchen i can cook in and a washer for my clothes.

                    Not sure how you didn’t know the airbnb wouldn’t have a tv they have a section with every feature the place has and photos of the space. you can easily ask questions and see reviews before booking too.

                    I hate what airbnb does to rental/homeownership markets but airbnb fills a huge gap in accessibility. Especially for renting longterm in new places. Many countries require really weird third party agencies and paperwork and weird loopholes to rent a home while airbnb lets you rent in 3 clicks.

                    Governments should regulate people and companies from owning so many properties and exploitative rent increases to prevent the terrible parts. They should also launch initiatives for open source national alternatives to uber/airbnb because clearly they’re providing services people really like but the venture capitalists are doing capitalist bullshit to ruin the service after they get a monopoly

              • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                In addition to the other post, Ubers are incentivized to be clean, pleasant experiences, and cabs absolutely are not.