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India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more (www.theregister.com)
submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

This is so true. Recently a new quick commerce app, Zepto have started operation in my area. For customer acquisition they hand out 100 inr off. I with my android have received a lot of them in couple of past weeks but my roommate with an iPhone has received few and far between.

This is also the case of all the quick commerce apps here in India.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 hours ago

Related: Uber recognized how battery levels affect customer psychology in pricing but claims it doesn't use it to hike prices for low battery devices:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uber-phone-surge-pricing/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

God this would be so funny if it was true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

It is true. And it's not just Uber.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn't this true in the us?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I was in the US two weeks ago and went up and down with Uber. Five families, two with iPhones and three with Androids. I didn’t notice anything special. In fact, I took a ride cheaper than my Android friend. We were going back to the airport and to a certain terminal. They wanted to go to another. When he decided to change to my terminal, the price lowered to mine.