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In my (limited) circle, I often hear Uber mentioned. I never hear mention of Lyft. Paywall is keeping me out of the NYT article, at the moment, but I wonder w

In my (limited) circle, I often hear Uber mentioned. I never hear mention of Lyft. Paywall is keeping me out of the NYT article, at the moment, but I wonder whether Lyft is simply on the losing slope of a plot of momentum, at this point. Shame, as I am not very fond of Uber's business practices. Though I don't know that Lyft is any better.

jjnoakes 10y ago
Uber vs Lyft seems to be very location-dependent. So I'm not surprised that individual anecdotes list one or the other as favored among their circles.
delecti 10y ago
Uber is almost at "google" levels of generic trademark, where people say to call an uber as a generic for any rideshare ride.
bcoates 10y ago
I know a lot of people prefer Lyft as a first resort but to me it has two serious problems: * Lyft doesn't let you book a ride by web or sms, which means in an emergency, I can't cadge a ride easily at a web cafe, library, laptop at a Starbucks, borrowed phone, etc. Lyft is optional, having a working m.uber.com login is a survival skill. * I've never experienced the level of drivers outright misbehaving and fucking with passengers in an Uber that I semi-frequently experience as a friend's guest in a Lyft. I don't know if it's culture or what, but Lyft drivers seem to feel comfortable doing things like picking a location and ditching you or not accepting your instructions to drive a particular place, which as far as I can tell is a "never drive for us again" infraction over at Uber and the drivers know it.
- nefitty 10y ago
  What city are you in? I've never experienced a terrible ride like that from Lyft, and I use it exclusively, almost every day. The weirdest experience was a driver offering to take me to a weed dispensery to buy weed for me. And that was him tryin to be nice! Besides that it's just maybe tired or awkward drivers who can't hold a conversation...
frandroid 10y ago
> Paywall is keeping me out of the NYT article You can either click the "web" button under the article link, or right-click the link and open in a private browsing window.

jjnoakes 10y ago

Uber vs Lyft seems to be very location-dependent. So I'm not surprised that individual anecdotes list one or the other as favored among their circles.

delecti 10y ago

Uber is almost at "google" levels of generic trademark, where people say to call an uber as a generic for any rideshare ride.

bcoates 10y ago

I know a lot of people prefer Lyft as a first resort but to me it has two serious problems: * Lyft doesn't let you book a ride by web or sms, which means in an emergency, I can't cadge a ride easily at a web cafe, library, laptop at a Starbucks, borrowed phone, etc. Lyft is optional, having a working m.uber.com login is a survival skill. * I've never experienced the level of drivers outright misbehaving and fucking with passengers in an Uber that I semi-frequently experience as a friend's guest in a Lyft. I don't know if it's culture or what, but Lyft drivers seem to feel comfortable doing things like picking a location and ditching you or not accepting your instructions to drive a particular place, which as far as I can tell is a "never drive for us again" infraction over at Uber and the drivers know it.

nefitty 10y ago
What city are you in? I've never experienced a terrible ride like that from Lyft, and I use it exclusively, almost every day. The weirdest experience was a driver offering to take me to a weed dispensery to buy weed for me. And that was him tryin to be nice! Besides that it's just maybe tired or awkward drivers who can't hold a conversation...

frandroid 10y ago

> Paywall is keeping me out of the NYT article You can either click the "web" button under the article link, or right-click the link and open in a private browsing window.