A Week With Uber And This Blogger Is Totally Hooked (techcrunch.com)

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How does Uber get away with having people pay with credit cards, rather than Apple's in app payments? They seem to be a good example of the "can't (easily) afford to have Apple skim 30% off the top" category

dangrover 15y ago ↗

Apple specifically forbids in-app payments for non-digital goods/services.

zdw 15y ago ↗

Did their Google v. Facebook challenge go away? The leaderboard is still there (http://www.uber.com/smackdown-leaderboard) but the blog post is not (http://blog.uber.com/2011/02/28/uber-tech-smackdown/)

RyOnLife 15y ago ↗

http://blog.uber.com/2011/03/01/uber-tech-smackdown/

lanstein 15y ago ↗

I LOVE UBER. A nice touch (one of many) is how they always say "Nice to see you again, David" whenever I'm with a girl.

flynnwynn 15y ago ↗

How many people are willing to pay twice the price of regular cabs - it's not really something I'm interested in splurging for unless it's extremely inconvenient to get a cab where I am.

catshirt 15y ago ↗

i'm unsure how the cabs are in san fransisco, but this is a valid concern in nyc where cabs are abundant. i wouldn't pay twice as much when waits are usually nothing to complain about.

gravesryan 15y ago ↗

@catshirt, what would you pay? how price sensitive do you believe new yorkers are?

jacoblyles 15y ago ↗

I've heard that there are non-uber cabs in San Francisco, but I've yet to successfully ride in one.

firstseries 15y ago ↗

A bit of an aside: nowadays, there will be 2-3 Techcrunch stories on the front page of HN at any given time of day.

Is Techcrunch content really that appealing to the HN crowd? Why not just visit TC?

P.S. I also see ReadWriteWeb gaming the site hard.