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		pishpash on June 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. The fact that Uber brought in tipping the day it got rid of Kalanick makes me believe it is a money issue. Basically Uber raised prices by 10-20% to match Lyft.

rlanday on June 21, 2017 [–]

The tip money only goes to the drivers, right? So it presumably will help to retain drivers, but won't give Uber itself any extra money.

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