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Yeah, but slightly can be high. They had a bit of anti advertising here after 8.9x surge:

http://globalnews.ca/news/2430713/alberta-man-furious-over-1...

Ended up all over the news.

Not sure if Uber caps surge in Canada now.




> Yeah, but slightly can be high.

You misunderstand me. That's the verbiage they display now. "fares are slightly higher due to increased demand", rather than the actual surge multiplier. If the surge multiplier is higher than that, it'll say something to the effect "fares are a lot higher due to high demand". It doesn't tell you the exact multiplier anymore, which makes me at least a bit more price insensitive.


Ah I see. Well, that's better I guess for Uber. People are more incentivized to use the service.




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