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Comment by lacampbell | Hacker News Reader

A good time for lyft to take advantage of all of ubers bad press. It seems pretty clear that ride-sharing is here to stay but uber may not be.

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Uber vs Lyft sort of reminds me of the old Digg vs Reddit rivalry.

Digg had all of the attention (and marketshare), got courted with a few acquisition offers and ends up flaming out...

And in the background is Reddit, just plugging away, doing what it does best and long term, ends up being more influential.

Is it just me or sometimes showing that you're not trying so hard to shove down unqualified, opinionated product is better than such marketing?

Uber hasn't had any scandals that really impact the rider experience, though. They certainly always could ruin their product with useless features, but so far they haven't.

It's so easy to switch apps, and most drivers have both, so some people (at least me) will switch just because of the bad press, on principle.

I already did that. Wait time is same and Lyft sometimes comes out to be cheaper. Uber doesn't have any competitive advantage in my view. Also their recent sexual discrimination, Waymo vs Uber case and not applying licence in California speaks volumes that playing dirty is in the DNA.

Uber still seems to have lower prices than Lyft (I'm in NYC), and unlike Lyft will give me the exact price rather than a price range on shared rides. That's why I still use Uber.

If Uber goes away, it'd be the next TiVo

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