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Or maybe thats the minimum amount of time they need for the service to function and they're planning on working out the kinks later.
by Igglyboo 12y ago
Or maybe thats the minimum amount of time they need for the service to function and they're planning on working out the kinks later.
- teej 12y agoI would put my money on this. Back in the early days of social games my company did the same thing - got wind of a Zynga announcement, pre-empt it in the press, and work like hell to get it out. The next two weeks are going to be busy at Uber.
- mynameisvlad 12y agoAccording to the blog post, they're in closed beta right now, so clearly the service functions. I can't talk about the kinks, since I'm not in the beta, but it's out there.
- boomzilla 12y agoBut how do you know it's out there if you haven't seen it? Anyone from the HN crowd has seen this closed beta feature?
- bps4484 12y agoI upvoted but want even more attention to this question to see if anyone has actually seen the feature. HN? Bueller? Has anyone seen this feature?
- nedwin 12y agoThey say it's out there in a blog post, so it must be true.
- res0nat0r 12y agoThese types of services just don't get thrown together in a couple of days in reaction to a competitor, they require a lot of work and engineering to implement properly. I'm sure both Uber and Lyft were aware of this feature being designed by their each and are trying to get their respective features out the door. Ever notice how AWS and Google release price decreases within the same days? Same thing. They have been told it is upcoming and are doing the same thing. I've seen it personally.
- rentnorove 12y ago"Closed beta" as in developer testing.