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Re:Lyft says its revenue is growing nearly 3x faster than Ub... by karthikvellanki on Monday March 12, 2018 @11:35PM (#16573738)
This may be semantics but technically Lyft was the first to come up with the Uberx model of anyone becoming a driver.
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Re:Lyft says its revenue is growing nearly 3x faster than Ub... by cududa on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @02:40AM (#16574221)
Not really. They head Uber was about to launch it and pre-emoted by a few days. Still to this day haven’t been able to suss out who was really first with the idea.
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Re:Lyft says its revenue is growing nearly 3x faster than Ub... by stunthamsterio on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:49AM (#16574417)
Interestingly, I used to work for a company that worked with the London Black cab manufacture to developer ride-hailing from a mobile phone. This was back in the early 00's. I always wondered if there was any patent portfolio that is relevant to Lyft/Uber. It was called Zingo, sadly the only reference I could dig out from a cursory Google was a story about it going bust: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/nov/25/transportin...
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Re:Lyft says its revenue is growing nearly 3x faster than Ub... by malandrew on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @12:50PM (#16577528)
I thought SideCar was first with the idea.
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