[seanmcdirmid]

Doesn’t Uber in the USA just assign rides automatically? Or do drivers opt into the rides they want? But what you describe is how didi works in China when interfacing with taxis (you could get a taxi or ride share through the app, drivers will simply ack any rides they want to take, payment is handled normally, didi doesn’t get a cut).

[grandmczeb]

Uber presents a ride to the driver through the app and the drivers must accept the rides they want to take[1]

[1] https://help.uber.com/partners/article/getting-a-trip-reques...

[dnautics]

Yeah but it's round robin. You don't lose a ride by not mashing the button quickly enough.

[TeMPOraL]

Wouldn't surprise me if both were true, and they A/B-tested it by region.