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1. minimaxir · 1790702917 · focus · HN ↗

   > New subscriptions that aren’t eligible for grandfathering include a lower usage allowance than previously offered with Pro 200 to reflect our increasingly efficient models.

   actual lol

   1. heywoods · 1790703550 · focus · HN ↗

      > New rider trips include a higher base fare than previously offered with Uber to reflect our increasingly efficient trip routing. - Travis K.

      Enjoy the Lyft v Uber era while it lasts!

      1. ModernMech · 1790703887 · focus · HN ↗

         lol yeah, I opened the Uber app the other day to $100 fares, remembered a time when I could get anywhere in SF at any time for like $5.

         1. thallium205 · 1790704044 · focus · HN ↗

            $5 flat group rides, $8 flat single rides anywhere in the city. The glory days.

            1. wartywhoa23 · 1790704710 · focus · HN ↗

               Everyone happily paid the way for the behemoth that squeezed everyone out of competition and then started recoup the ROI aggressively, and no one recognizes oneself as a part of the problem, just like in the current AI pandemonium.

               1. xyzzy_plugh · 1790705835 · focus · HN ↗

                  I'll be the first to bemoan these companies but there are many, many locations where even with today's higher prices and level of service they come out way cheaper and way more reliable than incumbents.

                  It's getting shitty, I agree, but still feels like a net improvement to where we were over a decade ago.

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