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In OP's claim that there's a meaningful moat around a Scooter company (or a ride-sharing company), this sentence is used as support: Riders will, all things be
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
In OP's claim that there's a meaningful moat around a Scooter company (or a ride-sharing company), this sentence is used as support:
Riders will, all things being equal, use one service habitually
And, I'm wondering if this is really true. It hasn't been for me in the ride-sharing industry. I switch back and forth between services.
- morogop 8y agoThe investors hope it's true, because otherwise they're just pissing away money creating a low-profit commodity service.
- wffurr 8y agoOr to flesh that out a bit with more context from the article, I think it's likely you're a "typical tech first-adopter" since you're commenting on Hacker News: >> your typical tech first-adopter may have no problem checking multiple apps to catch a quick ride, but I suspect most riders would prefer to use the same app they already have on their phone. Then again I'm more in the latter case. I only use Lyft because a) it's not Uber and b) I already installed it and set it up on my phone.
- conductr 8y agoIt goes both ways, I've only ever installed and used one service. Uber got me first and I see no reason to even deal with the inconvenience of downloading the Lyft app; although I have heard great things about Lyft and maybe it's cheaper/faster at times. It requires a small amount of effort on my part that I don't care to make
- DrScump 8y agoDid you look at the privileges you gave the Uber app when you installed it on the phone?