So what side should I take?
The reporter who thinks they were ripped off, without taking public transit?
or
The driver who got a decent payout driving in one of the most expensive cities on earth?
The reporter who thinks they were ripped off, without taking public transit?
or
The driver who got a decent payout driving in one of the most expensive cities on earth?
Funnily, the government of São Paulo thought the dynamic price was not fair and then created an Uber competitor without that feature called Mobizap. It seems like it hasn’t been going very well because when it is more expensive than Uber, users will take Uber instead. And when Uber is more expensive, drivers will not be available in the competitor, so the app never matches the number of users and drivers.
More so, even if the driver received more in absolute terms per trip (e.g. in some other $60 fares, the driver received $30-32), the increased price due to Uber’s cut results in less people riding and less total fares. Then, even if the driver makes more per trip, they’ll make less over all.