For me, I hate the Uber thing not really because of the cost because of the logistics of arranging transport for someone else...Like we arrange a time and place and I am trying to get there waiting on the girl to be ready to send the Uber, and they keep stalling and keeping you wait until you get there and only then ask you to send the Uber so you just sitting waiting on them....Its not about the nominal cost of the Uber its a means of control and them testing you to see what kind of BS they can get away with....
Especially if its a first time meeting and I don't know how reliable they are I prefer to tell them, get there yourself and maybe I will send you home in an Uber ,its something I do if the girl is nice, but don't like feeling obligated...But if you do it from the jump, then they going to expect it both ways every time, and it creates an attitude of entitlement...