It's the perfect definition of entrapment and the government does nothing about it ,it's illegal, shame on Uber.

You are reminding me for how dumb i feel that i watched and was enlightened by a video explaining the housing crisis in australia and how other nations can avoid it but not remembering the important details. there was some other monkey business going on that really hurts australians. You made this video at a key time (in US) since not all but some of our markets are self correcting, not everywhere and not to a degree housing still wont be expensive but the hyper inflated over invested areas are losing investors too much money and we at least have a bit of fire sales going on, you may have come across some of this. This just started happening very recently. You should check out what 800k can get you in Grosse Point, fancy suburb north of Detroit.

I officially am done with doordash. Finally after 2 years I have decided to not allow it to manipulate and I ended my independent contractors agreement. I deleted my account. Time to truly be independent and not letting this app run my life

bro these people are crazy they rate my momma nothing but 1 star or 5 stars literally for no reason. Literally she has not even one single 2, 3, 4 star ratings not even 1 of those only 1 or 5 and FOR NO REASON THEY Rate 1 star smh they ARE SCAMMERS THEY DO IT TO GET FREE FOOD!! THEY REPORT IT IN THE APP! 😢😠😭🤬

Omg I'm so mad right now 🙆‍♂️🤬 which is why I'm here looking how to remove FALSE ratings 😭 so MY MOTHER just started dashing and she loves it ! SHE LITERALLY DOES EVERY ORDER SUPER FAST! and she's the LOVELIEST WOMAN EVER JUST ADORABLE AND SWEET !! she's NEVER got ANY 2, 3, 4 ratings only 6 of the 1 star ratings, 4 of the 1 star ratings were EXCLUDED it says because they detected the customer was trying to commit fraud (what about the ones the system doesnt detect??) and 12 of the 5 star ratings thats when i knew people were lying because why would you rate someone who's fast, follows instructions, literally even bought a better bag to keep the food warm in, is so lovely if customer comes outside she always asks customer if everything is okay if theres anything else they need etc with a smile always, and she got the 1 star ratings she had got 3 of them so i was like wtf this cant be serious it has to be fake I started going with her and saw one person that immediately the 1 star rating appeared after we dropped their food off and I saw the TYPE OF PERSON they were... Just by looking at his TYPE of person I knew it was him he was that white man with fat woman with old clothes no money type in the run down neighborhood and old Altima leaking oil and They smiled and told my mother my sweet lady that she did an awesome job wished us a beautiful day and said everything was perfect and he went back inside his house and rated her 1star and said we took too long and food was cold and didn't follow delivery instructions WHICH IS ALL FAKE!!!! fRAUDD!! TO GET FREE FOOD 😢😢 they don't realize that jeopardizes my mom's only job and source of income they deactivated her account !!😢 I had to fight to get her account back! I'm so angry man how can someone do this how can someone act like this?? Do this to an innocent person trying to survive ?😭😭😮‍💨😠😠😤😤😮‍💨

What are your thoughts on doing this fulltime?

I like the idea of Uber and Doordash being a small business. Lots of small businesses struggle to break even and even with fuel, wear and tear on the car - you can still turn a profit. Heaps of small businesses owners work endless hours a day just to make a few bucks

As a passenger, this is the number 1 thing that makes me absolutely HATE Uber!! So many times I'll get 6-10 drivers cancel in a row with up to an hour wait, when it says an Uber is just a few mins away. For this reason I never use Uber anymore for anything important - flights, meetings etc. It's just totally unreliable. Regular Taxis are so much better. What a dumb company to screw over the drivers AND the passengers.

It’s proper exploitation and it fuks all of us, drivers, riders when we are trying to function, get to a job, etc, and the brand, surely. With the canceling, the worst time I was waiting over 45 minutes because I had a few drivers cancel, then a driver coming to me for around 10 minutes, then they canceled, then i got a new one, they were driving to me for maybe 15 fking minutes then cancelled, then another driver coming, and i had a trolley of luggage, i was weighing up my options thinking they’ll get here eventually, and that last driver just never showed up, came to a stop on the map around the corner and never moved. I messaged, nothing, eventually started pushing my trolley looking for the car, never found it. I can’t remember what i ended up doing but i mean I needed to get to work, it was a disaster. I’ve canceled rides so many times because it just keeps canceling, finding, canceling. The problem is you’re being led to think you’ve got a ride coming, when you probably don’t, because the company us trying to trick drivers into taking your job when they don’t want it, as you point out. It’s a mess for everyone and I don’t use it anymore unless i’m super desperate because it’s too unpredictable, so i don’t see how it works for Uber either

Business 101: Uber wants to lose money this way, the more losses they show, the less taxes they have to pay. Look up how much the ceo gets paid then look at how much taxes uber pays in your city and now compare that to taxis. Everyone needs to realize, Uber is a cancer to communities and whatever, however big you think you are saving by taking an uber instead of a taxi, you are not. Uber is robbing the community you live in of its taxes that the taxi industry had been paying for decades. Taxis had their problems but nothing compared to the tumor that Uber is. Don't trust an American company, period.

Uber is a leach of society, they don't care about the rules of any country.

I don't use Uber and rarely use TAXIs. Over priced and nothing special. 😊

Do you believe that if driver's could see the monetary value of the ride offered they would never decline a ride based on this?

I had to ask 11 taxis to take me 2.5km for $20 the other night at 6am. Clear roads. My phone was flat, otherwise I would have pressed the button. This feature prevents the customer from being discriminated. And also, this country loves flouting legislation and fine print. ASIC loves rocking up to work and doing nothing, every day. It is the Australian way

Once i dropped my car off for service, waited 10 mins for the Uber. They cancelled and so did the next 4 drivers, I ended up walking home. Too bad I had a Uber voucher I had to use and would’ve tipped them $20 if anyone picked me up. Instead I just walked, I always tip especially if it’s a good ride but I rarely use Uber now. It’s pretty much a last resort now.

Do you put money away out of that profit for tax and also for the maintainence of your car. If so how much please?

Uber as a company are the worst. Didi are cheaper and pay their drivers more. It's the same drivers, just a better deal for everyone.

I Was an uber driver. Not anymore. It's not worth the trouble. The only time I would cancel trips is if i turned up to your location and u weren't out there ready. I waited for no one.

Uber have a phone service now, essentially a taxi service, Needs to be banned imho

I had 11 drivers in a row cancel for a $30 trip on didi the other day. They get two streets off and cancel. It does my head in.

You're a lawyer, right ?

If your dumb enough to work for Uber you deserve what you get. Read the terms and conditions that you agreed to on the app 😂

Let's be honest the customer is experiencing this because the driver is greedy and wants a big huge fare. I know of drivers that will decline anything under a certain amount and just wait for a whale fare. Accept only 2 huge fares a night and don't have to use so much fuel etc. Drivers are too greedy

Taxis have been exploiting customers for years, I had a taxi driver refuse to give my disabled aunt a ride home from the hospital from cancer treatment because she wanted to pay via this special cheque that can only be used for taxis because she was a war widow. So honestly I have ZERO respect for taxi drivers after that event!

Young Australian consumers shot themselves in the foot by embracing Uber in it's infancy over taxis thinking they are clever. All new schemes like to draw in customers then jack up the fees once a monopoly. You voted for it. Good luck finding an Uber when the cricket is on too.

Uber is a clown company man, the way they operate is pure jokes. Good thing future competition will replace them the way things are currently going

These numbers change is you drive an EV 😢

Been on Ubers system now for 10yrs but now its becoming a joke how they treat us drivers.

that sucks because without the drivers there is no uber

Do you still do this everyday?

It's all in benefit of the customers this works for those that just want a 5 min trip to the shopping center, if you show the destination NO ONE will pick up the fair. because its "not worth the time" but how does that person get to their local shops? unless they wait and wait until someone is despite enough to take the job.

What most people, including yourself, gloss over, is that we have this inflation problem/higher interest rates primarily because of the previous govt ridiculous spending spree, increasing govt debt by HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars - more than any other govt in our history. If Albo doesn't give tax cuts, everyone screams about cost of living. Now they're giving tax cuts, let's whinge about possible rate rises. So you tell me, how do you please this fucked up attitude and made worse by govt bashers, just because they can, not because they should. If you were PM, what would you do?

I think drivers should get something for driving TO a job.

You're seeing this from the driver's perspective only. I've been yelled out when they've gone the wrong way, near misses, talking on their phones, ignoring my requests to try and save them time - I'm a regular user due to an injury, I don't have a choice.

I hate Uber drivers. The gronks cancel for no reason, they get ZERO sympathy from me.... I dont care if you dont know how far or short we want to travel. Thats your job otherwise you leave people strandard just because you wanna make more money..... GTFO..

I'm not sure how this is different to laws preventing taxi drivers from refusing fares?

You don't understand contract law. Your contract is with Uber where these operational terms are disclosed, and you accepted that. It is no different to a taxi driver in a taxi rank. They cannot refuse the passenger and have no idea where they want to go or how much they will earn.

uber is banned from operating in Italy, and we should do something similar here

stay on it Chris booy. Did you see john olivers deliverydrive special?

Do you see how much it costs you. Like say I open the app and order an Uber to take me to the airport. Do I see how much it's costing me. If not it sounds like marriage. Oh yeah baby, let me sign this contract to dedicate my life to you and only you. And based on the time and miles and extras we get along the way. Will determine how much this will cost me on the end.

Today when this video went up, Uber Australia emailed all passenger drivers that effective 12/08/24 they are getting another pay cut. They are fucking crooks.

Another classic known scam is the customer them self picks up the order acting as a driver and say i didnt get my order

I used to be an Uber driver, but now I only do UberEats. I might also work with DoorDash and Menulog.

An email went out to all Aust pax drivers today from Uber saying they are cutting the Time & Distance rates used to calculate the upfront fares, that drivers don't see until after they complete the trip.

With Radar being rolled out with Uber Eats now, it is abundantly clear that Uber is trying to squeeze every last cent out of the customers and drivers alike. We are getting offers being pushed across the area for deliveries at a fraction of the return of a normal one. It's clear that the newer drivers are unaware of the $ per km/min that drivers usually get because, on the odd occasion over the past week, when I went to accept a radar order immediately, it had already been snapped up. They are essentially palming off their shit in the hope that someone is stupid/desperate

That's so frustrating, even as someone who uses Uber and doesn't drive for them. Essentially taking risk each time you accept the job. I'd like to think more transparency from Uber would create a better experience for everyone.