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I understand that this is something that Lyft has obviously been working on for quite awhile and put plenty of resources and thought into, but for some reason I
by selectout 12y ago
I understand that this is something that Lyft has obviously been working on for quite awhile and put plenty of resources and thought into, but for some reason I still have a sour taste when they launch this just the day after Uber.
I'm really curious if this was rushed out as a response to Uber or if this specific date/time range was always perceived as the launch time.
- surrealize 12y agoMaybe Uber heard rumors about Lyft's project, and announced theirs early?
- krschultz 12y agoSeems like Uber rushed out their vaporware announcement of UberPool to steal Lyft's thunder of launching a concrete feature. The fact that people are now giving Lyft a hard time shows the value of PR.
- mynameisvlad 12y agoReally, vaporware? Considering they've launched it in private beta already and have said they plan to expand it greatly in 9 days, I'm going to say that it's most definitely not vaporware.
- DINKDINK 12y agoLyft has the product to market first. Any consumer can now use their feature. Sniping a PR release using a beta isn't the same thing as delivering a production-ready feature. Until you have a usable product in your hand, you have promises, not features.
- cwyers 12y agoWell, any consumer in San Francisco with an iPhone.
- mynameisvlad 12y agoYeah but that's not the definition of vaporware. Vaporware has a very specific definition, and we won't know if something is vaporware until long after the announcement, by sheer definition that it doesn't get released nor cancelled.
- krschultz 12y agoFair, I only saw that Uberpool was not available for me (Android, NYC), not that it was coming out in beta so soon.
- joanshade 12y agoIf you're in NYC, Bandwagon is on android too
- nilkn 12y agoIt's pretty clearly the opposite. Uber has no product yet but rushed out an announcement to steal Lyft's thunder. Lyft actually has a product and at worst might be announcing it early because of Uber's move.
- free2rhyme214 12y agoLame but Uber seems to make better business decisions. For example: Lyft requiring facebook is just dumb to me even though data collection is easier. I tried to download Lyft on my iPhone 3GS but I can only use the old version because Lyft is using iOS 7 for their latest app. Little stuff like this matters.