Come back when you actually have some facts to tell us.
Wow. Interesting approach. But as I have come back, here are the facts (mostly repeated from my previous posts in this thread, with some additional details added). These are facts as they are my own, very real, personal experience.
Fact 1: We arrived at CNS early evening and decided to walk past the Taxi rank (noting there were taxis waiting and no passengers waiting) and head to the Ride Share pickup area. At the time we arrived at the Ride Share pick-up area, we were the people waiting there.
Fact 2: Used the app to enter my destination and was offered a ride for approx $17. Accepted the ride and was allocated a driver (provide name and vehicle details) who was showing as being at the airport. This "ride" still shows on my app as "Failed" and still notes the driver's name (which I will not publish here)
Fact 3: About two mins later, the ride was cancelled by the driver. Around this time some other people arrived at the Ride Share Pick-up area.
Fact 4: I elected to re-book and was then quoted a fare around $21 to the same destination. Accepted it, was allocated a driver and provided name and vehicle details (different driver/vehicle to first booking.
Fact 5: About another minute later, the ride was cancelled by the driver. Also noted other people who had arrived experienced the same thing (people talk when this happens). Everyone waiting was looking at each other and shrugging shoulders. This "ride" still shows on my app as being 4 mins after the previous failed ride and is also showing as "Failed", but this second failed ride does not show the driver's name, though I do recall it was not the same driver/vehicle as the first failed ride.
Fact 6: Waited a few minutes and tried again. This time quoted fare to the same destination was around $23. About 4 or 5 other groups of people were now waiting at the pick-up area tapping away on their phones.
Fact 7: during this time, no Uber vehicles had arrived to collect passengers, even though each the driver/vehicle I had been allocated in my first two booking attempts was showing as being located at the airport (not 5-10 mins drive away from the airport).
Fact 8: I decided to give up and walk back to the taxi rank where there was still available cabs and no passengers waiting. Straight into the cab and off to our destination. Fare was around $22 including the $2.50 airport fee and credit card surcharge.
Speculation: It appears that passenger demand for Uber pick-ups comes in waves - nobody waiting when we arrived quickly from disembarking the aircraft and no luggage to collect. Within a few minutes of arriving at the Ride Share Pick-up area, several other other travellers arrived.
Speculation: As my bookings were cancelled and I had to re-book, other arriving passengers were also booking so the Uber demand algorithm for was then see an overall increase in demand at the airport and hence my subsequent booking fare quotes were increasing with each re-booking.
Fact 9: We won't be caught out (exploited was the term used above) a second time on our next visit to CNS in a few weeks time, and will just go straight to the taxi rank, expecting to pay around $22 for the fare.
My issue is not the actual fare being charged. If the first booking was quoted at $23 and a driver at the airport I would have accepted it. But starting with a fare quote of $17, then re-booking at $21 and again quoted at $23 might be considered by some people as following the principles of "bait and switch" marketing (switch the price rather than the product).