Originally Posted by htehtrshtsrhstrhrsh

If you raise rates less people will use Uber, and that means drivers will have to wait around longer for a passenger. It would probably work out in bigger cities where the average income is higher, but it wouldn't work out in smaller cities. It would only destroy a lot of Uber jobs, or many drivers would be waiting long periods for a passenger thus their income wouldn't increase by much, or even possibly decrease.

The problem is we all have different definitions about what is fair. In Japan, waiters get paid like $10 USD at regular restaurants. In California, it's $10+ plus tips. I know plenty of waiters that can easily pull $20+ an hour. You could argue that waiters in Japan are underpaid or waiters in California are overpaid.