[Turbo-Sentra]

Lyft is an IPO that is not doing very good on his initial opening.
Now, here is my idea: If everyone who have both app's will stop to use Lyft for certain amount of time, the company will not show profit to the investor, at this point Lyft will be force to raise the driver minimum rate or come out with some way to attract driver to continue driving for the app. In my case I haven't open the Lyft app for over three months. Lyft regular pick up's I my area are about 30 minutes away and I do make the same money with only Uber than using both apps.
Now by the time Uber get on the IPO, Lyft will be destroy or is paying a fair rate for the drivers, by that time we can do the same with Uber, turn off Uber and do only Lyft who may be paying more per ride and honestly working with the drivers, who they really bad need.
I know this idea is not perfect, but think about it, we will never have a Union or any representation from anyone, this have to be work on our own. Be honest with you guys I don't need both app on my phone, what better idea to show Lyft we don't need the pennies pay for ride ? Most now that they need more money than ever and the drivers sacrificed, NO INVESTORS, NO LYFT OR UBER.

 

[Eugene73]

 

[losiglow]

I appreciate your passion but there's about a dozen things wrong with this plan.

First, Uber and Lyft haven't had public investors up until now (and Uber still doesn't) and they've done just fine without them. Second, you'll never get enough drivers to quit. Third, for every driver that drops off, another enjoys additional primetime or another driver is recruited. Forth, you are aware that Lyft and Uber don't currently pull a profit right? They're not actually making a net profit. Lyft lost nearly $1B dollars last year. According to most sources, they're losing an average of about $1.50 on each ride.

Just sayin :thumbup:

 

[Turbo-Sentra]

I appreciate your passion but there's about a dozen things wrong with this plan.

First, Uber and Lyft haven't had public investors up until now (and Uber still doesn't) and they've done just fine without them. Second, you'll never get enough drivers to quit. Third, for every driver that drops off, another enjoys additional primetime or another driver is recruited. Forth, you are aware that Lyft and Uber don't currently pull a profit right? They're not actually making a net profit. Lyft lost nearly $1B dollars last year. According to most sources, they're losing an average of about $1.50 on each ride.

Just sayin :thumbup:

I don't believe you spend to much time reading my post. My post star with Lyft just got an IPO, you right they are been loosing money but doing OK without external investor, now they need to please this new outside investor, Second, I never ask anyone to quit, just turn off the app, for a while a do only Uber, Third, will be no drivers drops off, everyone will still on the app, but not making money for Lyft and Forth, everybody knows U/L are loosing money due to legal suit, automated cars, lobbies on the goverment and many more reason. Please readed againg with open mine. LOL

 

[DriverMark]

As mentioned, you will never get enough drivers on board to make a dent.

Reference the LA Strike, did that have any impact on Uber?? Did they reverse the fares yet or address the drivers who striked concerns? Doubt it.....

 

[Illini]

About 0.001% of all drivers will read your suggestion. It won’t impact their profitability. In any case, no one is investing in Lyft for profitability under the current business model. A suggestion just like this gets posted almost every day. Let me know when you received commitment on your idea from about 100,000 drivers and I’ll join in.

 

[njn]

There were 1.4 million lyft drivers 11 months ago, how many today?

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/lyft-invests-100-million-in-its-drivers/

 

[No Prisoners]

While I commend anyone willing to disrupt corporate, your idea fails based on how corporate has structured their model. Both companies have successfully implemented a predatory system that allows them to pray on the needy. Regulations have not caught up to gig economy. Therefore, there are no regulatory measures to prevent neither company from recruiting and take advantage of starving drivers. They have perfected the term divide and conquer. Drivers haven't been able to set up a system of communication in mass. Consequently, it's highly unlikely to have organized activities.
Uber and lyft will eventually succumb but to market forces. Either competition or to their future inability to attract investors.
Remember that there's nothing proprietary about their technology. So sooner or later some platform will launch a more Equitable platform.

 

[Eugene73]

As mentioned, you will never get enough drivers on board to make a dent.
Even the janitors got more respect than we get

Reference the LA Strike, did that have any impact on Uber?? Did they reverse the fares yet or address the drivers who striked concerns? Doubt it.....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sf...ike-Mines-a-Divide-in-L-A-Union-s-2789132.php

 

[No Prisoners]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sf...ike-Mines-a-Divide-in-L-A-Union-s-2789132.php

South Florida is full of South American immigrants desperately hungry and willing to take any jobs. Uber's model feeds on the desperate. How do you propose to stop this predatory system.