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		lotsofpulp on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010) And hence the root problem is exposed: people are generally not able or willing to pay enough to incentivize someone to reliably drive them at odd hours. The problem is people expecting something they cannot afford.

scarface74 on March 9, 2022 [–]

So if only some company had an algorithm to incentivize drivers based on supply and demand…

lotsofpulp on March 9, 2022 | [–]

And then the company gets excoriated by media for price gouging.

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