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For a while before the pandemic it felt like Lyft and Uber were roughly equal in my market, most drivers did both, saturation was about the same, prices about t
by tracerbulletx 4y ago
For a while before the pandemic it felt like Lyft and Uber were roughly equal in my market, most drivers did both, saturation was about the same, prices about the same. Now I see a lot more Uber drivers, I wonder if the ability to do food deliveries with order size based tips on the Uber network has an impact on that?
- hellisothers 4y agoMy last Lyft ride home from the airport the driver was really ripping into Lyft and how terrible they treat their drivers compared to Uber, says he only drives Lyft as a last resort if no Ubers are available. He agreed that Lyft used to be the underdog and preferred them but something changed.
- jacurtis 4y agoI have noticed that Lyft rides frequently get cancelled, and Uber rides aren't as often (still happens though). I think drivers are preferring riding for Uber over Lyft. It used to be that every driver had both apps in their cars and now I am seeing fewer drivers running both apps. So I think many are settling down with Uber. In the end, this is actually kind of exciting. It means that the two companies can compete on treating drivers better and the drivers will move towards that app and the riders are noticing (based on this thread). Competition that treats the drivers better I think is ultimately a good thing. The market was so crazy for a while it didn't matter, but now this might be an important factor between the two.
- kelnos 4y agoHow would that work, though? Treating drivers better pretty much always means paying them more, no? If Lyft has to pay drivers more to entice them away from Uber, that means rides get more expensive, which will push customers over to Uber. Drivers on Lyft will feel less demand for their services and go back to Uber.