19.03.2018 - 17:41 [ Firstpost. ]

Ola, Uber drivers‘ strike: Taxi aggregators‘ discriminatory practices prompt cabbies to stay off the roads

What has raised the hackles of the drivers? Well, it is a trade practice that is just plain discriminatory. The two aggregators it is believed charge a uniform and hefty 26 percent service charges from the drivers for bagging customers through their taxi hailing apps but give first preference to taxis owned by the aggregators themselves under their financing schemes as opposed to taxis owned by the drivers themselves or by others. Since their business model is entirely driven by technology, it is easy for them to tweak their software to accomplish this discrimination.