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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @12:49PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @12:49PM (#493931)

    From http://www.clausewitz.org/ [clausewitz.org]
    "Business is war. Arm yourself."

    War is Hell.

    All's fair in love and war.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @05:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @05:27PM (#494088)

    This war mentality has to go. Our strength is in community and working together. Competition can be good, but right now it is destroying our civilization.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday April 14 2017, @06:17PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday April 14 2017, @06:17PM (#494128)

      > working together

      I'm pretty sure I'm working harder than Joe, so I should get more than him.
      Competition is natural, you evil commie!