Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
Surges are a means to get cars into a certain location because there is demand but to few cars. This is still being used to counter ride fishing by drivers or only having them stand at key intersections.
Uber works really well in Sweden (I mean Stockholm when I say Sweden) and is anywhere between 30-50% cheaper than regular taxis. Product is the same so I disagree there are no benefits for the consumer, this is exactly the kind of competition I want to see make products cheaper and free up consumer cash flow for other goods and services.
To be clearer, when I said free competition never brought benefits to the consumer I was referring to the free market chaos that reigned for a long while. Sweden and taxis were actually a place where Uber could be quite useful, hence I asked whether Uber was a thing. The interesting question is then, did the established players like Taxi Stockholm respond, and what is now the price for Arlanda to downton Stockholm?