Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft

Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by MichaelGG on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:06PM (#15509105)

Yeah Lyft was nice in the US, but in Guatemala I can't go back to life before Uber. I hope Lyft brings in a higher class service though like Uber Black.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by xapata on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:44PM (#15509430)

Oh yeah, Guate taxis are awful -- having to negotiate separately for each ride is crazy.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by Kiro on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:41PM (#15509408)

What makes you think Lyft is any better than Uber?

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by tyrust on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:58PM (#15509542)

Their comment didn't imply that they think this.

Competition, generally speaking, is good.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by TremendousJudge on Thursday October 19, 2017 @11:44AM (#15508868)

I can't wait to have two 200mb apps on my phone fulfilling the same need instead of one!

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by theDoug on Thursday October 19, 2017 @11:52AM (#15508953)

I found out about m.lyft.com and m.uber.com the other day. Both work pretty well, and I hope they save you as much space as they saved me! (Uber's app was 451MB on my phone)

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by beal on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:06PM (#15509102)

Most of my ride sharing has been booked through their integration with google maps app

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by philsnow on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:50PM (#15509481)

also, the uber app tracks your location while you're not using the app (they say they only do so for ~5 minutes after your drop off, but you have to trust them).

whereas you can deny the m.uber.com browser tab the ability to get your location from the browser (caveat: [0]), and you can close the tab when you're in the car.

[0] companies can still get rough location information from your mobile IP address [1], because of course that's a revenue stream for all the big mobile carriers.

[1] https://www.xda-developers.com/services-grab-location-info-d...

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by woolvalley on Thursday October 19, 2017 @01:10PM (#15509638)

You know that isnt true anymore with the 5m location thing

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by linkregister on Thursday October 19, 2017 @02:13PM (#15510206)

On iOS this has been changed to “when the app is open” for months.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by philsnow on Thursday October 19, 2017 @06:45PM (#15512169)

If they were to change it back, would you have to re-authorize that permission? I really don't know.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by lern_too_spel on Thursday October 19, 2017 @11:53AM (#15508962)

The Lyft app is 17.38 MB, and the Uber app is 35.04 MB.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by wlesieutre on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:08PM (#15509119)

Are you looking at a download size or installed size? I have Uber on my iPhone and it's 150 MB for the "App Size" and another 14 MB for "Documents and Data".

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by bhandziuk on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:30PM (#15509328)

Lyft app size 43.33 MB, user data 1.09 MB. Android 8.0.0. I wonder why such a spread in size?

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by lern_too_spel on Thursday October 19, 2017 @01:59PM (#15510065)

Probably AOT compilation and extraction of some resources from the APK. I don't have either installed, but my point was that 200 MB seems like a gross exaggeration. At worst, you could use ride.lyft.com in your web browser.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by MichaelGG on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:07PM (#15509117)

On my Android phone, the system says Uber is 190MB plus 3MB of data.

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Re:Alphabet’s CapitalG Leads $1B Round in Lyft by puzzle on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:06PM (#15509101)

Or you can use Google Maps to do the same for both.

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