Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's

Re:Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's by iblaine on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:10PM (#14857488)

Sure, it's easier to go from 100 to 110 rides than it is to go from 200 to 220 rides. As they say, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.

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Re:Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's by eregorn on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:14PM (#14857527)

From what I can tell, this is more like 100 to 120 vs 200 to 215. The article starts off saying lyft increased bookings by 200 million while Uber is claiming a "mid-teens" number.

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Re:Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's by _jal on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:16PM (#14857543)

Of course. It still conveys useful information about the two companies.

I'm glad Lyft is going strong, and all fans of Cab 2.0 (who aren't invested in Uber) should be. And even if you like Uber, everyone needs strong competition to stay (or in their case, become) healthy.

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Re:Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's by serg_chernata on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:14PM (#14857534)

My exact thought. I'm getting so tired of these titles. I almost wish there was a nice system for de-bulls*itting the titles once they hit the first page of HN. Or stop articles like this from bubbling up entirely.

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Re:Lyft's Business Is Growing Faster Than Uber's by pat_space on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @12:14PM (#14857529)

Keeping in line with gross booking figures: Easier to go from 80 to 100 rides than from 825 to 990

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