<story><title>Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California worker law</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-california/uber-stops-upfront-ride-pricing-in-response-to-california-worker-law-idUSKBN1Z731Z</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimmaswell</author><text>So now people not in a city center will never get rides. Wonderful outcome, very progressive.</text></item><item><author>blendergeek</author><text>I am an Uber Driver. I have been wanting changes like this ever since I started driving. I saw people asking, &amp;#x27;how does this make drivers less employee like?&amp;#x27; I&amp;#x27;ll tell you this. It makes us feel less like employees when we actually have enough information to choose whether or not we want to take a ride. Now we will be able to see the estimated fare before we take a specific ride. There will be no more driving 20 minutes to a ride only to discover that it will be a half mile ride that wastes another twenty minutes at a convenience store netting us $3 for 40 minutes of our time. I will simply skip any ride like that. We feel less like employees and more like the contractors we are supposed to be when we know why Uber gets a certain percentage of the fare. I wholeheartedly agree with the changes Uber is making.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dang</author><text>Can you please not post in the snarky or flamewar style to HN? It&amp;#x27;s against the rules, and evokes worse from others, as demonstrated below.&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;re trying for thoughtful conversation here. If you wouldn&amp;#x27;t mind reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsguidelines.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsguidelines.html&lt;/a&gt; and taking that spirit to heart, we&amp;#x27;d be grateful.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California worker law</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-california/uber-stops-upfront-ride-pricing-in-response-to-california-worker-law-idUSKBN1Z731Z</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimmaswell</author><text>So now people not in a city center will never get rides. Wonderful outcome, very progressive.</text></item><item><author>blendergeek</author><text>I am an Uber Driver. I have been wanting changes like this ever since I started driving. I saw people asking, &amp;#x27;how does this make drivers less employee like?&amp;#x27; I&amp;#x27;ll tell you this. It makes us feel less like employees when we actually have enough information to choose whether or not we want to take a ride. Now we will be able to see the estimated fare before we take a specific ride. There will be no more driving 20 minutes to a ride only to discover that it will be a half mile ride that wastes another twenty minutes at a convenience store netting us $3 for 40 minutes of our time. I will simply skip any ride like that. We feel less like employees and more like the contractors we are supposed to be when we know why Uber gets a certain percentage of the fare. I wholeheartedly agree with the changes Uber is making.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matchbok</author><text>What a great attitude. What, are you entitled to subsidized taxi rides even if you live 50 miles away? Geez.</text></comment>