Wait, the article says that if Gett and Juno combine they'd beat Lyft? It doesn't look like they are even close to Lyft's size...
Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
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Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#42So I assume these must be rival alt-taxi companies, but I have never heard a whisper of their existence before this story.
Uber, despite the seemingly coordinated smear campaign, reigns supreme in this area.
Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#43Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#44Am I the only one that was wondering why the dialup ISP Juno.com was considered a rival to Uber? Guess it's a different Juno.. TIL Juno.com still offers dial-up for $15.95/mo. Gone are the days of free dial-up with obnoxious banner ads.
ahh, my first email address
Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#45I prefer Gett for long commute. It gives you a firm quote so if your Uber/Lyft/Juno driver messed up enroute or there's a traffic, you don't pay the extra. From a user's perspective, this saves me money. I would take Gett to Barclay Center knowing Uber and Lyft would charge me high premium after game. Or trip from Manhattan back to Queens. There's also an option to make extra stop which is nice! Gett cars are the reg…
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Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#46So I assume these must be rival alt-taxi companies, but I have never heard a whisper of their existence before this story. Uber, despite the seemingly coordinated smear campaign, reigns supreme in this area.
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#47Something about this headline interests me, along with the title that appears here on HN: Article: "Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate" HN: "Ubser rivals consolidating: Gett to buy Juno for $250M" I wonder if the HN headline is as-submitted or mod-ified. The latter title leans much more on the Uber link, while TC's headline puts it at the end. If we didn't have all of Uber scandal…
Very few people on HN actually care about the Uber scandals. Almost no one has changed their daily behavior. They all still use Uber. It's exactly how Trump won the US election. A small group of people spread the idea Uber is doing poorly when in reality they're not.
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Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Self-driving is so far out as a door-to-door taxi service as to be utterly irrelevant to Uber's business model.
It isn't irrelevant in the slightest if their plan is to replace all these contract drivers with automated cars. That would in fact be a long term business strategy. Considering waymo's lawsuit for alleged theft and their large monetary investment in self driving I disagree with being utterly irrelevant.
But if that replacement won't happen for 30 years which seems likely given the tech... One can disagree about timeframes but getting to the last 1000 feet in chaotic urban environments seems challenging.
Re: Gett in advanced talks to buy Juno for $250M as Uber rivals consolidate
#49The headlines I see in Hebrew (both Gett and Juno's founders are Israelis) are somewhat more low-key: the undisclosed price tag is estimated at "few tens of millions", to be paid in shares of privately held Gett.
Could you link to some of them?
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#50I prefer Gett for long commute. It gives you a firm quote so if your Uber/Lyft/Juno driver messed up enroute or there's a traffic, you don't pay the extra. From a user's perspective, this saves me money. I would take Gett to Barclay Center knowing Uber and Lyft would charge me high premium after game. Or trip from Manhattan back to Queens. There's also an option to make extra stop which is nice! Gett cars are the reg…
Do you just not use Uber Pool/Lyft Line? Those provide fixed prices and seem many times cheaper than the rates on Gett/Juno. Currently Lyft line is $25 to get me to Brooklyn, while Gett is $60.
I used them too but at peak hours when demand is high Uber and Lyft quite goes up. Gett usually doesn't.