IraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:05 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:39 pm Comparing app rides in California and Cambodia ... Do the drivers lose every time ?

The following extract is from the article and refers to a Cambodian tuk-tuk driver (old style not indian pass-app style)

They also have had very few other options for better, more stable, higher-paying jobs. It wasn’t a great life — but today, it’s even worse. Drivers I met last year told me you can no longer get a passenger without an app. Drivers no longer have freedom to haggle over fares or even know what fare will be paid before they accept a ride. Take “Vuthy,” who told me he can no longer refuse a ride even if the fare isn’t profitable. If he doesn’t accept rides at whatever fare is set by the platform, he risks being “deactivated” or removed from the platform. And this could mean losing his livelihood.

The part I have highlighted in bold is rather telling. Does this mean the customer loves the app? This surely means even Cambodians prefer the app to haggling over a fare.

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:03 pm

IraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:05 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 1:39 pm Comparing app rides in California and Cambodia ... Do the drivers lose every time ?

The following extract is from the article and refers to a Cambodian tuk-tuk driver (old style not indian pass-app style)

They also have had very few other options for better, more stable, higher-paying jobs. It wasn’t a great life — but today, it’s even worse. Drivers I met last year told me you can no longer get a passenger without an app. Drivers no longer have freedom to haggle over fares or even know what fare will be paid before they accept a ride. Take “Vuthy,” who told me he can no longer refuse a ride even if the fare isn’t profitable. If he doesn’t accept rides at whatever fare is set by the platform, he risks being “deactivated” or removed from the platform. And this could mean losing his livelihood.

The part I have highlighted in bold is rather telling. Does this mean the customer loves the app? This surely means even Cambodians prefer the app to haggling over a fare.

It sounds a bit like the hotel booking sites that screw the hotels with high commissions as they become beholden to them. In their contracts the hotels aren't permitted to offer prices lower than those on the platform.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-13/ ... s/10493148

Anyway maybe it explains why some drivers who are supposed to be collecting you drive off in the other direction. Or maybe they have another customer on another app.