I try not to be negative as much as I can in the HN community, but Business Insider has definitely been leaning towards click bait recently (could be longer - but it's been a hypothesis of mine for the past month.)
"All" of Uber's problems? So sexual discrimination of employees, or rapes committed by drivers will be solved if I can choose to add an extra % tip on my ride?
Also - it's not like drivers are flocking to Lyft or other services that DO allow tips in huge droves.
Even BI themselves admit that the title is click-bait-y and just a way to argue (poorly, with little data or facts beyond conjecture and speculation):
"Adding a tipping feature wouldn't make Uber's manifold problems vanish. It would, however, be a step in the right direction, even if it's long overdue."
I modified the title to make it slightly less click-baity but I posted the article mainly for the humour of it. It is an outrageously stupid statement.
> Uber has opposed tipping based on the argument that eliminating it reduces "uncertainty" about the cost of a ride. But that's nonsensical.
Not at all. My first and only time on Uber, I didn't know what was expected. I didn't plan to tip. Then the driver told me she was driving because she had been laid off from her job, and she didn't make good money from Uber. So I changed my mind and tried to tip, but she didn't want to take it. And I said no, really, it's okay, and she said no, don't worry about it. I don't even remember who won, it was a few years ago. It was the worst and I'd never allow that to become an everyday scenario. I hate everything about tipping other than in restaurants where it's completely standardized and just a line item on the bill rather than an open-ended interaction. I would absolutely choose whichever service forbade tipping.
Raise the price however much you need in order to pay the driver fairly, but keep me out of it. If the price gets too high, sure I won't use the service. But the burden of tipping is more likely to turn me away than a higher base price.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadI try not to be negative as much as I can in the HN community, but Business Insider has definitely been leaning towards click bait recently (could be longer - but it's been a hypothesis of mine for the past month.)
"All" of Uber's problems? So sexual discrimination of employees, or rapes committed by drivers will be solved if I can choose to add an extra % tip on my ride?
Also - it's not like drivers are flocking to Lyft or other services that DO allow tips in huge droves.
Even BI themselves admit that the title is click-bait-y and just a way to argue (poorly, with little data or facts beyond conjecture and speculation): "Adding a tipping feature wouldn't make Uber's manifold problems vanish. It would, however, be a step in the right direction, even if it's long overdue."
Not at all. My first and only time on Uber, I didn't know what was expected. I didn't plan to tip. Then the driver told me she was driving because she had been laid off from her job, and she didn't make good money from Uber. So I changed my mind and tried to tip, but she didn't want to take it. And I said no, really, it's okay, and she said no, don't worry about it. I don't even remember who won, it was a few years ago. It was the worst and I'd never allow that to become an everyday scenario. I hate everything about tipping other than in restaurants where it's completely standardized and just a line item on the bill rather than an open-ended interaction. I would absolutely choose whichever service forbade tipping.
Raise the price however much you need in order to pay the driver fairly, but keep me out of it. If the price gets too high, sure I won't use the service. But the burden of tipping is more likely to turn me away than a higher base price.