Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B

Re:Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B by mdc2161 on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:20PM (#10775323)

Well I guess that could explain the 50% off rides promo they've been running in NYC for the past 6 weeks. Seems like every Sunday I get a push notification that it is extended.

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Re:Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B by HappyTypist on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:25PM (#10775350)

Lyft is running cash-burning (not merely unsustainable) promotions in a select number of cities, most likely to try and impress prospective investors that "We have 40% marketshare in NYC!".

Pretty meaningless when that's the result of a 50% off. Meanwhile Uber has been cutting back on promotions and incentives.

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Re:Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B by cballard on Monday December 21, 2015 @10:24PM (#10775608)

I wish Apple would actually ban APNS spammers. Yelp does it too ("Yelp Weekly" or something).

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Re:Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B by tim333 on Monday December 21, 2015 @11:32PM (#10775836)

Settings -> Notifications -> off?

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Re:Lyft Files to Raise as Much as $1B by cballard on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @12:51AM (#10776088)

No, that's not an acceptable solution. Spammers should be banned. But I actually wasn't strong enough:

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#pus...

By section 5.6, Lyft should be removed from the App Store. I wish they'd do it!

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