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I'm not a lyft/uber driver but I am almost positive they cannot see destination or payout for a job before accepting it.


An Uber driver I had told me he keeps two devices. On one, he checks the uber fares to see if they’re surging. If they are, he’ll swap to uber and take an uber fate. If not, he’ll check lyft. He does this back and forth all night.


Individual rides don't really matter, what matters to the drivers are the averages, which they can assess after driving a bit for both.




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