&gt;<i>But now you&#x27;re paying more than the competition just to have a better driver.</i><p>Why use the word &quot;just&quot;? I&#x27;m paying more than the competition TO get a better driver.<p>In fact I don&#x27;t even have to pay (the tip) if I don&#x27;t want to. I still get a better driver, because they try to get me to tip.<p>&gt;<i>Also the driver can rate the person who took the car lower if they don&#x27;t tip. So the tip essentially becomes a way to extort one another.</i><p>Well, that&#x27;s easy to solve: don&#x27;t allow drivers to rate passengers.