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Posted on June 14, 2017March 26, 2018 by bedelman

Intentionally blocked aggregators and comparison shopping

Uber banned aggregators from comparing Uber’s prices with competitors, raising antitrust/competition concerns. Analysis by Ben Edelman: How Uber Uses API Restrictions to Block Price Comparison and Impede Competition. July 2017 news coverage of Uber’s threats against comparison shopping tool Ride Fair.

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