[ramblingrain]

After I gave my 5,000th ride on Uber I had a beer. I thought. I pondered. I devised the iniquity experiment.

(1) N drivers authorized on the Rideshare platform are engaged.

(2) these N drivers drive simultaneously and in a similar geographic preference- as if they live in the same neighborhood, but also are optimizing as drivers do. And yet drawn home.

(3) pricing, earnings, etc. are recorded per driver and compared across drivers on the Rideshare platform(s).

Now we engage the experimental component. With N drivers we can have N/2 drivers engage in behavior A or behavior B. Then, when the Rideshare platform denies they do this or that depending on that or this, there is good evidence that is not the case. Statistical evidence. Tallyho, bandits!