Show HN: SurgeProtector – escape from Uber surge pricing (opens in new tab)

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16 pointstomhschmidt11y ago4 comments

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minimaxir11y ago· 1 in thread

> SurgeProtector finds locations close to you with lower surge pricing and calls an Uber directly to that spot.

The Uber API does not support actually calling Ubers on behalf of the user (https://developer.uber.com/v1/endpoints/), which means that this will get shut down extremely quickly.

tomhschmidtOP11y ago

Sorry, the text is just inaccurate. We deeplink to Uber with the non-surging location. I'll update it.

timjahn11y ago

Anybody used this in Chicago? Does it work well?

Could've used this about 2 months ago when our group got hit with insane 4.5x surge pricing.

benigeri11y ago

I've used this twice already. It's awesome.

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