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Lyft says that Uber employees have canceled 5000 rides since last October. That's like $100k in lost revenue -- it's nothing. Definitely not some big plan by Ub

• avalaunch 12y ago
  It's also lost revenue for the drivers who were on their way to pick up the recruiters. I think that's the part most people are upset about. And while the canceling of rides isn't a big plan by Uber to undermine Lyft, the recruiting of their drivers most certainly is. That I have no problem with, but canceling rides is (borderline) fraud.
• edgyswingset 12y ago
  That's a potential software developer's salary, whose contributions are certainly worth more than that - I'd call it substantial.
  • GregorStocks 12y ago
    That's not all. Let's say that software developer would have produced $200k in value for Lyft. But that 200k could hire two more software developers! By induction, Uber has cost Lyft an infinite amount of money.
• jessriedel 12y ago
  Much less than that. They only lose the time it took to drive to the person, not the time they would have spent driving that person to their destination. The "drop" is way less than $20, so we can assume the cost of a canceled ride is too. This is like $10k in revenue.
• snarfy 12y ago
  If someone defrauded me of $100k, I wouldn't call it 'nothing'. Fraud is a felony. People need to go to jail for this.