If so, does Uber use such data? What about Lyft? Does Lyft also collect such data?
Yes it does. My friend showed me that employees have access to menu in their beta version of company app in which it asks if your current driver drives for competitor. I saw it last month so yes after the controversies.
It asks, because there is no way to automatically know.
There are certain loopholes on Android that allow an app to check if another app is present on a device. Most of them will be removed in O. Not sure about ios
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