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Show HN: SurgeProtector – escape from Uber surge pricing

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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.

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

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.

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

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