Comment by biztos
2 days ago
I don’t know if that’s really how it works with Uber, but surely Waymo could charge extra for “priority pickup” if it got popular enough.
2 days ago
I don’t know if that’s really how it works with Uber, but surely Waymo could charge extra for “priority pickup” if it got popular enough.
Unless the app changed in the past year, they can see individual tips and can change their passenger ratings for those who don't pay the "optional" tip.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/uber/comments/18x5rxj/do_drivers_se...
If it's actually for priority that's okay. It will only have a significant effect when they're hitting their capacity limits, and it ends up being similar to surge pricing.
If they start refusing to pick up people that don't pay, while having idle cars, I expect them to get in trouble in various ways.