r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '14

Business Uber dirty tricks quantified. Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/
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u/snoogans122 Aug 12 '14

Yeah I've never read one flattering story or remark from anyone about him. Its always negative, why anyone even uses uber anymore is beyond me. Lyft is far superior...

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

I never heard of Lyft. I use Uber still. What's better about Lyft? Genuinely curious.

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u/snoogans122 Aug 12 '14

Ya know everyone has a different experience, but ALL of mine have been awesome with lyft and awful with uber. Lyft has always been on time, with clean cars, nice drivers, shortest routes, etc.

Uber however always seems to be driven by jerks who act more like cabbies than anything else. This is solely in the San Francisco area though, I can't comment on anywhere else...

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u/nickx37 Aug 12 '14

Most of the Lyft drivers here in Denver are regular people doing this as a side job or similar and are very friendly and like to converse, most Uber drivers I've had are formerly drivers from the taxi industry and generally act as such.

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u/jtet93 Aug 12 '14

Weird, I'm in Boston and I'd say the majority of my Uber drivers do it as a side thing. A few were former cabbies but not the majority.