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A comment on $2.25 Lyft line rides in SF. Parent comment

Re:$2.25 Lyft line rides in SF by baddox on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:47PM (#8938744)
I don't see why that would necessarily happen, because the barrier to entry for new competitors in the smartphone-app-ride-sharing industry is relatively low. Of course, it could happen if Uber ironically manages to get regulatory favors that increase barriers to entry to would-be competitors.
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Re:$2.25 Lyft line rides in SF by intelliot on Saturday January 31, 2015 @12:47AM (#8976022)
Agreed, except that we shouldn't ignore network effects. Drivers go for one smartphone-ride-sharing-app over another because it has more riders, and riders likewise: because it has more drivers. That can be very hard to shake.
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