It’s not Uber, it’s “drivers” using group chats to co-ordinate surges and move from area to area.
Basically, big groups designate a part of town to collectively ignore. This means not enough drivers are there to handle the requests, so the surge kicks in to attract more drivers into the area with bigger fares. When the surge is on, they all come in, grab the inflated fares, drop off, and co-ordinate again for another area.
So when jobs aren’t being backed up, your trip would likely be $9. But if a big group is blocking the area, there’s enough of them in the group chat to influence prices.
Because they all use three or four ride share services, switching won’t help. They won’t risk missing the Uber.surge.when everyone decides it’s time to start pickups.
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It’s not Uber, it’s “drivers” using group chats to co-ordinate surges and move from area to area.
Basically, big groups designate a part of town to collectively ignore. This means not enough drivers are there to handle the requests, so the surge kicks in to attract more drivers into the area with bigger fares. When the surge is on, they all come in, grab the inflated fares, drop off, and co-ordinate again for another area.
So when jobs aren’t being backed up, your trip would likely be $9. But if a big group is blocking the area, there’s enough of them in the group chat to influence prices.
Because they all use three or four ride share services, switching won’t help. They won’t risk missing the Uber.surge.when everyone decides it’s time to start pickups.