I found a much higher concentration of riff raff among street hails, at least in the northside suburbs, as rideshare platforms became the norm. There's not many you'd stop for on the Golden Mile these days after dark, I guess it's in the back of our minds that there's a reason they're not using an app like everyone else and a sense of security where they do use apps? I don't mind paying the 15% commission for the convenience of an app but 25% is too much for me so I've opted out of Free Now's Taxi Saver fleet. As I opted out of their hospitality fleet years ago and I don't cover DAA pickups for them there's fuckall left on it really, I'd be lucky to see 5 viable offers a week off it these days. Hopefully the co-op will make headway before Uber follows suit... or we could all be queuing in front of you to drive drunks home from bars. I've never understood men taking app jobs from pubs, I understand the riders using their apps in pubs because the fares are much lower than the men queuing outside would want but it's never been work I'd be prepared to pay for.
Do you add the PUC on to street/rank jobs? I've noticed a lot of men do these days... probably 'cos punters are used to it or, in most cases, wouldn't notice.