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- cross-posted to:
- technews@radiation.party
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Today in clueless rich guys, we have Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who was stunned to learn how much it costs to take a three-mile ride in New York City using his company’s app.
In a wide-ranging interview with Wired, Khosrowshahi was veritably stunned when the reporter questioning him asked if he knew how much a ride in the Big Apple costs.
“I traveled 2.95 miles in an Uber to get here today,” the reporter, Steven Levy, asked the CEO.
As the back-and-forth continued, the journalist got Khosrowshahi to admit the reason for ever-increasing Uber prices: inflation, that old scoundrel.
Combined with drivers’ responsibility for most of their gas and maintenance, that makes their piece of the pie a lot smaller.
As Wired noted after the CEO’s comments, reports indicate that Uber fares have risen four times faster than the rate of inflation — but then again, the man doesn’t even know how much it costs to get an Uber ride in New York.
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It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?
Cost me $135 for a 5 kilometer tow today, and I couldn’t even have a ride in the cab. These companies don’t care lol
I don’t want to excuse the pricing, but that was for a ride in Manhattan. The guy was probably stuck in traffic for an hour. Not sure why anyone would take an uber/taxi when the subway is right there.