Feb 03 2018

I didn’t used to tip Uber drivers in cash. Much of the value add of the platform was its seamlessness. Tap a button, there’s your ride get in get out. No messy transaction to deal with. I even have to remind myself to pay when taking a taxi.

In-app tipping is far better than cash, anyway, it’s more convenient for riders and you avoid the problem of scantily clad women stealing Uber driver tips.

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Jan 24 2018

Until now Uber has insisted that your decision to tip – and how much – cannot affect the rating you’re given by drivers. Drivers have to rate you first before they know what tip decision you’ve made.

Tipping wasn’t even a part of Uber until recently. The idea was ‘the price is the price’ and indeed at the outset they contended that the tip was included. However in their quest to redeem their image, in part by accommodating drivers, Uber added tipping inside the app. At least Uber’s tipping has become cashless.

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