Which one would you rather join? I feel like Uber has no upside to its stock and an ethically challenged culture. On the other hand it's never good to be the distant second. See google vs bing.
People say that Lyft has a far better engineering culture than Uber. Citations needed.
Totally agreed. I have heard of stories where people want to quit and not wait for their next job offer since they are so burnt out
The consistent message within Uber is that Lyft, and other competitors, are spending massive amounts on subsidies to maintain marketshare. This doesn't seem untrue. There's definitely more marketshare to be had, internationally, thru evisceration of taxi industry, and displacing personal car use. Not sure I'd agree with "ethically challenged"; aggressive, yes, but this view is usually based on negative press.. sometimes accurate reporting of individual's gaffes, but usually just an overblown misrepresentation. I'm not familiar with the Eng culture at Lyft, but looking forward to hearing from people there. Personally, I don't see Lyft succeeding anymore than Yahoo.. doesn't mean it's a bad choice, but if you were choosing pre-IPO, most would pick Google.
Are you saying the billions that uber raised and spent weren't mostly spent on acquiring drivers and riders?
I personally use Lyft as a consumer more than Uber. No surge pricing and their Lyft Line is awesome.
This one is going to be like Google vs Bing. Uber has a much bigger brand recognition and user base than Lyft. Go with Uber.
Taxi drivers seem to favor Lyft because it allows passengers to Tip, has better pickup directions and more approachable. They also switch to uber when surge pricing is on. I like Lyft since the NYTimes article about uber tracking personal information about people. Based on tracking info, they can determine where their homes are, places frequented etc. that can be sold to advertisers etc.
Curious, why is trip history a negative? Selling to advertisers isn't on the table; we're not FourSquare. Mapping is still rough.
For the same reasons, Apple and all tech industry was fighting for privacy. And Uber hasn't earned my trust to be invited into my home or personal life.
It feels like these two are withstanding the unicorn write-downs so far. Wonder if they might go tumbling down this year.
General consensus (anecdotal) is Uber and other competitors have significant upside - taxi is one market which arguably is near saturation already in terms of valuation, but if you look at trends in rental cars, personal car purchases, there are other markets being redirected to Uber, Lyft etc.
I think Lyft has a lot to gain at the moment. Uber has done a lot of the hard work, Lyft just has to convince riders to switch.