The company I work for, only has Lyft as approved service for travel and expenses.<p>Everyone used Uber mostly, and then they announced Lyft is the only approved one. Not sure why that decision was specifically made when majority were expensing Uber trips
If you could see only one chart then I would say this is the one [0]. I was under the impression that Lyft & Uber were on quite even footing.<p>> The reports of Uber's impending death are greatly exaggerated. - Mark Twain<p>[0] <a href="https://archive.fo/Q0gkJ/595ad70474d05aa1f7b15600fe5ccec2f257e9b6.png" rel="nofollow">https://archive.fo/Q0gkJ/595ad70474d05aa1f7b15600fe5ccec2f25...</a>
I don't know if it's because I've been under a rock, but I noticed Uber advertising on TV for the first time this weekend with a "everyone needs a side-hustle" tagline. I noticed it because it's always a little jarring when SV technology companies turn to traditional media advertising (I still remember the Google SB ad), but I took it as a sign that Uber's organic driver growth has taken a real hit recently and they're now having to actively work to attract drivers.
I know plenty of people who say "I'm getting an Uber", while using the Lyft app.<p>So Uber has definitely won in that department - all they have to do is not screw it up (any worse than they already did).<p>People will forget, and over time that name recognition will give them back the market share.
Based on the chart below, Uber still owns 80% of the market. So, still in a very dominant position.<p>I wonder why Gett is not figured in there.<p><a href="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/http%3A%2F%2Fcom.ft.imagepublish.prod-us.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50d74d98-52d9-11e7-bfb8-997009366969?source=next&fit=scale-down&width=600" rel="nofollow">https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/htt...</a>
This article really fails to make a compelling case for Lyft other than the switches coming from the #DeleteUber campaign. While I agree these market share grabs from the underdog are huge, I feel like the author is overstepping the wait of the data. Relying really heavily on narrative.
Would love Lyft over in the UK. Uber is the only taxi company (they are a taxi company if they like it or not) with an app which doesn't crash on launch
HN link is still paywalled for me, so here's the archived version of it that's not paywalled:
<a href="https://archive.fo/Q0gkJ" rel="nofollow">https://archive.fo/Q0gkJ</a>
"Lyft, which completed a $600m fundraising in April, has expanded into 150 new cities this year " seems like this would skew the numbers a bit. Uber is already everywhere it needs to be in the US. Lyft is irrelevant until they prove they can compete internationally imo, they are way behind uber here
100% fake news. There's no way they actually have any ride data from either company to back up this claim. In fact there's another bit of equally fake news posted to HN right now that says that recent events have failed to put a dent into Uber marketshare. "Journalists" should stop making shit up, and instead stick to reporting facts.