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The media attention that drivers get through this action help signal to consumers that they are moving to a competitor. This might make me (a rider) more likely
by peatmoss 12y ago
The media attention that drivers get through this action help signal to consumers that they are moving to a competitor. This might make me (a rider) more likely to fire up the Lyft app instead of Uber next time I need a ride.
- jbigelow76 12y agoTrue, media attention is important but I wonder if the protest will make it onto more mainstream channels and not just the tech news/blogosphere. Local papers in Dallas have been doing quite a bit of coverage as Uber and Lyft taken on the politically connected taxi industry here. I don't know if intra-service fighting would get as much attention. Maybe some HNers in the Long Island area will chime in.
- TillE 12y ago> in the Long Island area Long Island City is right across the river from Manhattan. It's technically on the Island, but for most people Long Island = Suffolk and Nassau, not Brooklyn and Queens.