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Anecdotally I haven't found this HN-wide negative sentiment of Uber (and narrative of its decline) to be shared anywhere else in the US. My extended family in
by 121789 9y ago
Anecdotally I haven't found this HN-wide negative sentiment of Uber (and narrative of its decline) to be shared anywhere else in the US.
My extended family in the southeast and northeast US is familiar with Uber (without using it), but they haven't heard of Lyft. When I lived in Chicago, most of my peers had Lyft, but Uber was the always the first choice.
Does anyone else see the same trend? The bay area certainly seems to be Lyft-dominant, but I haven't seen that anywhere else.
- unethical_ban 9y agoIf ride availability has anything to say about it, there are plenty of Lyft drivers in San Antonio. I say "take a Lyft" or "Lyft there" when I talk rideshare. I don't preach it or say "Uber sucks" but when I am asked, I mention that Uber had a crummy internal HR program, has committed multiple shady business practices, none of which I can remember, but I can remember disliking.
- moreira 9y ago‘People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ - Maya Angelou Your last sentence reminded me of that.
- mariojv 9y agoThis is anecdotal, but I'm also in San Antonio and have generally had better experiences with rides from Lyft, even without considering the issues you mentioned. Even wait times have been pretty similar for both. I know someone who drove for both Lyft and Uber, and that person only received any sort of in-person training with Lyft. I do see the appeal with using Uber internationally that others mentioned in this thread, though.
- maccard 9y agoI'm currently in the Triangle area in North Carolina, there seems to be plenty of lyft users here.
- magicaljyy 9y agoThis seems to be survivorship bias. Since you like lyft, you are more likely to be friends with people who also like lyft. OR to phrase it better, you and people who like lyft have more in common.
- maccard 9y agoI'm visiting the area, and know little to no people here. I downloaded both uber and lyft, and so far have had far more success getting a lyft than an uber.
- ferongr 9y agoTrue. Here in Europe in general, Lyft is uknown, but, at least here in Greece, everyone sings the praises of Uber, in comparison to the terrible service normal taxis provide. HN is not only a regional but also an ideological bubble, and it seems to hate companies that are doing well for themselves (except Apple and Musk-affiliated gigs).
- nothrabannosir 9y ago> and [HN] seems to hate companies that are doing well for themselves Well, that—and, maybe, a pinch of Company-wide culture of sexual harassment.
- hcnews 9y ago> Well, that—and, maybe, a pinch of Company-wide culture of sexual harassment. Source required (specifically about company-wide culture, x != entire company fwiw where x is the number you are claiming).
- misun78 9y agoAlso source required where the number of sexual harassment cases at Uber > the number at a comparatively sized company. Otherwise you are just going off of who gets the most publicity in the media.
- ethbro 9y agoI believe it's less the number of claims (though from all the stories, I'd give them 50-50 on being an outlier) and more the seniority of the claims. If a large org has junior employees harassing other employees, that's bad. If the CEO and executive level is actively participating in and covering for same, that's organizational policy.
- shaki-dora 9y agoYou’re asking for something impossible, I.e. proof of something that cannot be proven. After all, any sort of statistic I could find would be tainted by your “media bias” catch-all.
- stochastic_monk 9y agoAll of my friends in the states take Lyft. My friends in other countries use Uber.
- Scoundreller 9y agoLyft's international expansion has only started recently into Canada about 5 months ago.
- cholantesh 9y agoYeah, and I keep seeing ads for Maven around. But public consciousness is very high for Uber. The average user that I see doesn't know or care about its internal problems.
- spaceflunky 9y agoI noticed the same thing about my family in Phoenix who has nothing to do with the tech industry. They think they're very savvy for having the Uber app and knowing how to use it. In fact my uncle was bragging about some uber benefit he gets via his amex platinum card. They've never heard of Lyft and don't know anything about any Uber controversy other than the fact that 'taxi drivers hate it!"
- jakebellacera 9y agoEveryone I know gets an "uber" regardless of whether they're using Lyft, Uber, or any other ride sharing service which is not a taxi.
- jimmy1 9y agoGreat! Now let's get out there and educate, because Uber is truly a disgusting organization at the top. I am sure once they have died, their engineers can find spots at Lyft as something will need to pick up the void, so no need to worry there Uber devs reading this.
- lhorie 9y agoActually, pretty much everyone at the top already left Uber about six months ago or so
- beams_of_light 9y agoSome are still board members, I believe.
- googlryas 9y agoWhat do you have against Khosrowshahi?
- cgmg 9y ago> I am sure once they have died Just because you want them to “die” doesn’t mean they will.
- lanius 9y agoIn Southern California, Lyft is always the first choice among my coworkers. It's consistently cheaper than Uber, often significantly so.
- snowwrestler 9y agoAnecdotally, in DC the typical wait time for my Lyft rides has about doubled over the past year. Since I can't imagine why fewer people would be driving for them, I interpret that as evidence of increased demand for Lyft.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoMy impression in the bay area is that it is Uber-dominant too.
- btym 9y agoIn Seattle, most people I know choose Lyft for ethical reasons.
- heedlessly2 9y agothe funny thing is most people criticized Uber for destroying the taxicab industry and displacing jobs, yet don't do the same for Lyft. The other stuff such as Uber's sexual harrassment, i get, but the above boggles my mind
- heedlessly2 9y agoTravis Kalanick is still Chris Sacca's boy