Re:Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting
by alasdair_ on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:50AM
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A surprisingly large number of seemingly-unconnected people I know have switched to Lyft. The switching itself isn't the issue, it's that these people come from several different social groups and they are all surprisingly vocal about switching.
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Re:Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting
by jameskegel on Monday March 20, 2017 @08:05AM
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The fact that my friends still pile up at Chick-Fil-A makes me want to disagree. No matter how principled people claim to be, they always end up back with what they know and like, in this case Uber.
Re:Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting
by adviceadam on Monday March 20, 2017 @12:12PM
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In this case though, there's a competitor that does exactly the same thing for similar prices.
> Similar prices
Not true, Uber can be 40-60% cheaper. I've stopped taking public transit in the Bay Area because of Uber, I don't think I could do that with Lyft alone. Is there another competitor with cheaper pricing?
I don't know about the US, but in India, Ola offers cheaper prices than Uber (about 30 - 60%) and people are switching to it. Uber hasn't been deleted, but it's losing customers (at least the ones using cab services regularly) to Ola.