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[–] jardeon 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I thought price surges were set by Uber corporate, not the individual drivers. While it's unfortunate that as a whole, Uber turns to profiteering during a "bad" event, it's not on the individual drivers to set the rates or surge prices, they just follow the app and pick up the passengers.

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[–] TheVillain61 ago 

I meant uber as a whole, you are correct, uber puts the price up to encourage drivers to cover work. Ordinary taxi drivers work even slow shifts even if there is no work, I can't see uber drivers wishing to do graveyard shifts. In the taxi business you take the good with the bad.