On: Lyft defies predictions by continuing to grow as a...

[brianbarker]

Lyft caps its surge at 200% or 2x, while Uber intentionally goes to 8-10x on busy nights. The outrage at uber over insane fares has a history far beyond this past New Year's Eve. People want Lyft to succeed, but Lyft still needs to get its act together on a few things. Lyft's servers have crashed on busy holiday nights, or rides requests don't match despite cars showing on the map. I'm hoping the recent investments and growing popularity of Lyft keep it in the race.

[PhrosTT → brianbarker]

Just a couple anecdotes:

1.) I had to get an ride into Manhattan on NYE. Uber was a $150 estimate. Lyft was $68 after a $10 credit.

2.) I used to just blindly use Uber, but now I check estimates on both.

3.) Multiple drivers have told me they'd prefer if I'd ordered them through Lyft since they get a bigger cut.

[mrfusion → PhrosTT]

Why was this downvoted?

[JohnTHaller → brianbarker]

And the Lyft app occasionally spams ads at you, at least on Android. I ditched Lyft when they spammed me a notification about Justin Beiber at midnight on a weeknight.