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But... Uber insists that it needs surge pricing, otherwise drivers won't bother to give lifts. So a 50% off promotion must mean there won't be any drivers turning up to work, right?

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Presumably Uber is paying the drivers the difference.

Presumably Uber will have a 4x surge during the strike.

They'd still have to pay the extra to drivers, and it would be larger than at 1x surge... unless their overhead is more than 50%?

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