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How low can Uber go? UberX drivers who read the fine print notice lower commission, higher fees.

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Drivers hate Uber's phone fee. Here's how the company can make drivers love it.

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The company keeps upping the number of jobs it claims to create each month, even when the math is easily called into question.

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As drivers complain about increased fees and lower fares, Uber's spokesman seems to be in denial about just how much the company takes for every ride.

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With all the hype around ridesharing, it's borderline amazing that Uber and Lyft can still keep mum on their insurance policies.

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For those of you who still think it's a good idea to drive for multiple services at the same time, this may be useful...

It's hard to ignore the timing of two new driver incentive programs from Uber, which come just as driver complaints are on the rise.

Well this is different: a government official who says he can’t wait for Uber to come to his town.

Alan Newman, a member of the Burlington, Vermont Airport Commission, said he wants to make Uber the “official taxi service of the airport.” Uber recently launched UberX in 22 college towns but Burlington, home to the University of Vermont and St. Michaels College, did not make the cut.

Wired is challenging the stability of Uber's business model, saying that throwing all this cash at its effort to recruit more and more drivers does not bode well for future growth.

The problem, of course, is that Wired is comparing Uber with software companies like Google, Facebook and Dropbox and not the legacy cab companies it is disrupting. Uber is, first and foremost, and perhaps last most, part of the service industry.

A New York Times writer says Lyft and Uber are now commodities since there is little that distinguishes the services from one another. And I'm having a hard time disagreeing with him.

Having trouble with hyperlinks on Tumblr today, so here: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/uber-and-lyft-have-become-indistinguishable-commodities/

My own observations after driving all summer (and having driven for Lyft in December and January before taking a semester-long break) is that passengers are going to go with the service that offers the best rate and the most convenient service in their market.

Lyft passengers, for the most part, are treating the service like UberX: they don't want to fist bump and drivers are increasingly driving for both. The pink mustache on the grill is quickly entering the realm of "Remember when..."