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Uber is already effectively shut down in the East Bay. I idly wondered the other day and it was going to be 20 minutes before a car got to my origin in Berkeley.


No, it isn't. If you look at Uber's latest earnings report, in Q2 Uber Eats did more adjusted net revenue than rides did pre-COVID.

Your 20 min pick up time is because drivers don't want to accept the fares. Both for health and earnings reasons.


Is that not normal? That’s been my typical experience with using Uber/Lyft outside of urban centers.


Well, this IS an urban center, so no, it’s not normal.


Great, thanks!


2-3 minutes was typical before.




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