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I hope that Lyft stays around, because I can't use Uber for a similar reason as you.

Uber insists on sending me an SMS verification code. But the code never arrives.

I have no problem with any other app, just Uber. But I can't get anyone at Uber to look at the problem because I'm an human being (read: "edge case") and I don't scale.

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The text message to verify thing needs to die. I've gotten screwed by it multiple times

Do you use a VOIP number by any chance?

Nope. Just the same regular cell phone number I've had since 1997.

I had this problem with a few other services on Google Fi, because they use number pools that were originally assigned to Google Voice.

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