[BurgerTiime]

Full story: https://m.sfgate.com/technology/bus...-more-than-5-000-miles-with-Uber-13345975.php

On the surface, there may not appear to be much of a difference between Uber and Lyft.

But there are more subtle differences only an ethnographer might notice, and even then, only after riding more than 5,000 miles with ride-hailing drivers across the United States. That's exactly what Alex Rosenblat, a researcher at the Data & Society Research Institute, did for her new book "Uberland: How algorithms are rewriting the rules of work," which was published October 23.

Most of the subtle differences, the ones only a seasoned driver or rider might take account of, all come down to how the respective companies treat their drivers. Despite a number of pushes to classify drivers as employees - and thus entitle them to things like a minimum wage, insurance, and benefits - both Lyft and Uber still consider them independent contractors.

"Among most drivers I meet in person, and the countless number I've observed in online forums," writes Rosenblatt, "there is a near-universal consensus that Lyft treats its drivers better than Uber."

 

[emdeplam]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

 

[Working4peanuts]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

Is that Caitlin Jenner?

 

[tohunt4me]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

No. Who ?
Pretty . .

Is that Caitlin Jenner?

I like " Natural" eyebrows !

This should be interesting.
Who stocks the book ?

 

[Working4peanuts]

No. Who ?
Pretty . .

I like " Natural" eyebrows !

This should be interesting.
Who stocks the book ?

Dude! That's a dude!

 

[tohunt4me]

Dude! That's a dude!

Proof
Although the trachea area of the throat is somewhat suspect.
Still pretty.

 

[emdeplam]

Proof
Although the trachea area of the throat is somewhat suspect.
Still pretty.

Be kind....she is sorta kinda a serious UP lurker

 

[tohunt4me]

Be kind....she is sorta kinda a serious UP lurker

So tell.
I SAID she was pretty.
Is that not nice ?
Who ?

 

[Jree]

Is that Caitlin Jenner?

Lmao

 

[Z129]

She has the same type of neck as actress Sandra Bullock. In fact this girl kind of resembles a young Sandra B.

 

[Fozzie]

You guys are incredible. Look closely...
it's emdeplam

I hate Lyft more because they annoy the shit out of me with stuff like their "you missed a ping" bullshit. Yes, yes I did miss that ping... AND I DID IT ON PURPOSE! Hahahaha! Screw them. (From a Lyft 4.99 driver)

 

[Elmo Burrito]

Lyft has just as much contempt for us drivers as uber. Driver over saturation.

Removing the option to report an underage minor or no child seat and get compensated for wasting our time/op exps. after we cancel.

Adding pax while on route without our permission.

DF''s that take us way out of our way and often don't even get us halfway to our destination.

They lie about pickup times and make it difficult to easily shut app off with one step. I could go on and on.

 

[PioneerXi]

5000 miles?

That's like 5 weeks in my market.

 

[heynow321]

Lyft has just as much contempt for us drivers as uber. Driver over saturation.

Removing the option to report an underage minor or no child seat and get compensated for wasting our time/op exps. after we cancel.

Adding pax while on route without our permission.

DF''s that take us way out of our way and often don't even get us halfway to our destination.

They lie about pickup times and make it difficult to easily shut app off with one step. I could go on and on.

Seriously. I hate gryft just as much as boober. They do all the same slimy things that Boober does

 

[BetterGet5Stars]

Media uses ethnologist like this to deposed corporate leaders they don't like just like they do governments.

corporate raiders get all the press they need to create corporate insurrection. then they genocide the masses and sell their children's organs

 

[Seven77]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

Marsha Brady?

 

[here2der]

I haven't liked that Lyft hasn't been showing the distance/ETA on ride requests for a few weeks now, but (knock on wood) they haven't managed to dupe me into ridiculously long pax pickups. In the same time, Uber has sent me numerous absurb 15-20 min/7-9 mile+ ride requests.

And unlike Uber, Lyft is actually willing to consider the driver's side of disagreements, view dashcam footage, and consider the possibility of unfair ratings.

And I know for a fact that Lyft does actually remove shitty passengers from the app. With Uber, I had to be surprised by a ride request from a passenger a month after I was informed by them that not only would we be unpaired but that they would be removed from the app.

For even minor driver issues, Lyft also just seems to be slightly more easily accessible.

That's just been my experience.

 

[The Gift of Fish]

"Among most drivers I meet in person, and the countless number I've observed in online forums," writes Rosenblatt, "there is a near-universal consensus that Lyft treats its drivers better than Uber."

Nonsense.

This is like asking, "which do you prefer, dogshit or horseshit?". Any experienced driver knows that there are subtle diffences between the two, but overall each is as bad as the other.

 

[Seven77]

Nonsense.

This is like asking, "which do you prefer, dogshit or horseshit?". Any experienced driver knows that there are subtle diffences between the two, but overall each is as bad as the other.

Horseshit, It's mostly hay.
My Jack Russell eats horseshit when visiting the stables

Did I go off topic?

 

[1.5xorbust]

Yeah Lyft has better jackets.