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Uber Tracked Lyft Drivers

posted by n1 on Friday April 14 2017, @08:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the invisible-hand dept.

butthurt writes:

According to a pay-walled article in The Information:

Thanks to a secret software-based effort within Uber called "Hell," Uber could track how many Lyft drivers were available for new rides and where they were[.] [...] "Hell" showed Uber employees which of the tracked drivers were driving for both Lyft and Uber, helping Uber figure out how to lure those drivers away from its rival.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday April 14 2017, @08:18AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday April 14 2017, @08:18AM (#493872) Journal

    Hell data showed 60 percent of Lyft drivers were "double-apping" – driving for both firms – leading to Uber giving out tens of millions of dollars a week in bonuses

    So if you had been "double apping", you would have received even more benefits from doing so aside from being able to pick up Lyft passengers. Any drivers using Uber exclusively would be complete suckers.

    Hell data... Hell software...

    What the fuck, Uber? Lol.

    All of the bad press that Uber has gotten lately could amount to nothing in comparison to losing in court with Google/Waymo. That could lead to a payout reminiscent of the Samsung/Apple case. Although dragging it out indefinitely is also an option.

    Speaking of hell software, next version of my userscript coming very soon...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @02:50PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @02:50PM (#493995)

    I'm not sure how you see offering targeted incentives as making a "sucker" of everybody else.

    When there's a sale for e.g. new customers, you being a returning customer doesn't mean you're suddenly getting ripped off when paying (or in this case being paid) the rate you've always been happy to pay or be paid.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @02:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @02:59PM (#494003)

      No, but it does help to occasionally become a new customer all over again, again and again, especially with ISPs.

      I don't like negotiating that way, but it's the only way to negotiate with a brick wall.