Why so much hate for Lyft and Uber?

Uber
nickki

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nickki
Mar 30, 2019 183 Comments

Don't you all like cheap transportation and food delivery? And both are with seriously much better services than anything we have ever seen in those verticals? Old-timed taxi? 2-hour delayed delivery by angry men who will spit on your food if you don't tip them well?

There are plenty of unethical and useless tech companies in town and yet no one is cheering for them to fail. At least, Uber and Lyft are not useless.

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TOP 183 Comments
  • Intuit
    Ffrddrdrdr

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    Ffrddrdrdr
    Only hate Uber. They treat women poorly. I love lyft.
    Mar 30, 2019 20
    • IBM
      1BM

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      1BM
      This sounds like the kind of cheap smear a competitor spreads
      Apr 2, 2019
    • Uber
      UenU55

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      UenU55
      I don' t know anyone at Lyft, but Uber has gotten a lot better in the past year+, and I feel like leadership is a lot more aware of issues as they arise than they are at companies that can afford to stay oblivious.

      Lyft definitely has better media savvy (like with the travel ban, when Lyft publicly donated to the aclu and uber privately provided free legal support to drivers and family members directly affected).
      Apr 11, 2019
  • Microsoft / Eng
    hbchhc

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    hbchhc
    Only used uber for uber eats, never felt safe using them for transportation. Now with ridiculously high uber eats fees, that's off the table too.
    Mar 30, 2019 20
    • Uber
      nmkjh

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      nmkjh
      Unfortunately, restricting matching like that greatly reduces the number of matches and you end up with in situations like women trying to get a ride home at night and they are stuck waiting long times because there are so few women drivers available. This can actually reduce their safety if they are waiting somewhere where they are vulnerable like a dimly lit street.
      Apr 2, 2019
    • Uber
      kinh

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      kinh
      @wheatbran, see nmkjh's answer above. We can match you with a woman driver but you would have to wait longer which might be even more dangerous.
      It also had to work both ways in that women drivers should also feel safe driving a man requesting a woman driver.
      The core issue is for our female rider to feel safe and get to where they want to quickly with a reasonable price. This I think can be achieved without restricting the sex of the driver
      Apr 3, 2019
  • Apple / Data
    8GCK835

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    8GCK835
    Ask yourself: are you proud of your company? I don’t think many Uber employees are willing to put their company logo stickers on their own cars, and their badges don’t even have “Uber” logo, right? On the contrary, even Apple’s customers would like to put Apple logo stickers on their own cars. That is the difference of brand image.
    Mar 31, 2019 13
    • Lyft
      h4js7

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      h4js7
      I have a sticker, literally a shit sticker, covering up that rotten fruit logo on my laptop. Tbh, I would rather use huawei if I was given such a choice.

      In any case, I would not put Uber logo anywhere either. The design does have lots of problems.
      Apr 1, 2019
    • Salesforce badges don't say Salesforce either. It's just a security thing
      Apr 6, 2019
  • Uber
    ihateuber

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    ihateuber
    No one hates Uber. Its a life saver for many people around the world.
    Mar 31, 2019 8
  • LinkedIn / Eng
    ikoke

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    ikoke
    Hate is too strong a word. I certainly don't hate rideshare/food delivery companies, which have made my life much easier. But I do feel that both of them are overvalued. I could be wrong, not exactly a master of finance here.
    Mar 30, 2019 4
    • Lyft
      h4js7

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      h4js7
      I am with Uber guy this time. if we all use the same standard, we can argue FAANG have been overvalued for decades.
      Apr 1, 2019
    • Google
      noogler@

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      noogler@
      I don’t disagree. Google’s FV of equity is somewhere in 250-300$ range, FB likely < 35$. So G’s Market Cap should be ~200B, FB ~100B. But then again U/L’s market cap should be 5-10 times less than what the business promises to bring to table. So the ratio remains more or less similar.

      Investors want profit to see. FB was chopped to 19$ as well; wait U/L to settle to half to their IPO; and then over years to grow, only if they can prove the so-called revolution in mass transit can turned to be extremely high margin business. Until then keep the foul cry away!
      Apr 1, 2019