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> 250% surge pricing or $90. Lemme check Lyft. Sweet, Lyft is about $50. Our Lyft will be here in 3 minutes." There was zero friction switching from Uber to Lyf
by acchow 10y ago
> 250% surge pricing or $90. Lemme check Lyft. Sweet, Lyft is about $50. Our Lyft will be here in 3 minutes." There was zero friction switching from Uber to Lyft.
That's not zero friction.
Zero friction would be if you routed the directions under "Public Transit" in Google Maps and scrolled to the bottom where you can see both Lyft and Uber pricing (and clickable links) next to each other.
- hmate9 10y agoTechnically you are correct, but you are just nitpicking. We understood exactly what he meant.
- acchow 10y agoMy point was the meta-search engine will eliminate the friction and eat the whole pie.
- notahacker 10y agoA corollary of this is that whilst meta-search engines didn't take very much of the pie for themselves, the fiercer price-competition they imposed did take a much bigger chunk out of airlines' margins, and particularly the margins of travel agents reselling airline tickets. Uber at present is a travel agent, not an airline
- 55555 10y agoJust as they have, interestingly, in the airline industry. Most people go to kayak, hipmunk, skyscanner, monondo, etc. The existence of meta search engines are a hint that the service is a commodity and margins will be slim.
- kharms 10y agoIn the iOS Maps app if you have both apps installed that is exactly how it works. You just have to click "ride" instead of "transit."