Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi estimated a 2.95-mile ride would cost $20 but was surprised to learn it actually cost $51, Wired reported.

Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: ‘Oh my God. Wow.’::undefined

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It was a sound business idea though. Just a shitty investment idea.

    The owners/founders made shitloads off it (at the expense of investors.)

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        oh, yeah. the gig economy and the startups that exploit is genuinely awful. Can’t say I feel bad for the duped investors, though. They invested in a genuinely shitty company. so. heh.