Speaking of unfair competition.
How so?
Google: Company that is using its power established in one market to gain control of another market.
Uber: Entering a market with disregard of rules established for that market.
Google launches Uber rival RideWith
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#42> Drivers will only be able to make two trips per day, and the software will ensure they only travel from their home neighborhoods to their workplaces. > There also won’t be a ton of money changing hands as a passenger will pay the driver only a nominal fare for the trip I'd hardly call it a Uber rival
> I'd hardly call it an Uber rival
Isn't this what Lyft does? I'm guessing Uber put some money in a reporter's pocket to submarine them in this article instead.
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#43I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
Most "Wazers" actually do not want the Waze brand or its app to be diluted.
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#44> Drivers will only be able to make two trips per day, and the software will ensure they only travel from their home neighborhoods to their workplaces. > There also won’t be a ton of money changing hands as a passenger will pay the driver only a nominal fare for the trip I'd hardly call it a Uber rival
UBER plans to attack the "drive to work" segment of the transportation market, and it's potentially a huge opportunity for UBER.This Google service, if successful, might fill that role very well. And the fact that it's cheaper is basically "disruption from below" - a proven strategy in many businesses. While this exact transport service model generally failed , it did succeed in France(blabla car), and Google has uni…
Just FYI, it's Uber, not UBER. It's not an acronym.
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#45> Drivers will only be able to make two trips per day, and the software will ensure they only travel from their home neighborhoods to their workplaces. > There also won’t be a ton of money changing hands as a passenger will pay the driver only a nominal fare for the trip I'd hardly call it a Uber rival
> I'd hardly call it an Uber rival Isn't this what Lyft does? I'm guessing Uber put some money in a reporter's pocket to submarine them in this article instead.
Lyft certainly lets you take more that 2 drives per day, and certainly not just too and from work. Also, at least in some locales Lyft has gotten rid of the "donation" fiction as many local laws explicitly state that any type of payment counts as a ride-for-hire.
This is basically just a carpooling app, and is nowhere near a rival to Uber or Lyft.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
But why doesn't Apple doesn't try to create an UBER ?
I don't follow the question. Why doesn't Walmart?
Apple(and Google) has unique advantages as the owners of the major platforms, and and major mapping apps, with access to all travel data. Those are major building blocks of such a travel service.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
How so?
Google: Company that is using its power established in one market to gain control of another market. Uber: Entering a market with disregard of rules established for that market.
Interesting, how would you define 'unfair competition' and 'fair competition'? In a general sense.
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#48I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
IMO they have. Google maps (at least on Android) now shows me traffic incidents reported on Waze, and it will route me around these incidents in real time as I'm driving somewhere, e.g. "A faster route has become available. Say 'OK' to take this route."
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#49I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
They do to some extent. Traffic alerts/incidents reported from Waze show up on Google maps.
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#50I had no idea Waze was acquired by google. I wish they would just combine the best of waze with the best of google maps into one app that just works.
Most "Wazers" actually do not want the Waze brand or its app to be diluted.
Most people don't want anything they like to be diluted or changed. People on HN don't want people from Reddit. People from Reddit don't want people from Facebook. People from Facebook don't want their parents. People in a gated community don't want poor people moving into their neighborhood. People in the city don't want rich folks moving in and gentrifying their block.
People, in general, are xenophobic and like their culture to stay small and untainted. Eternal September happens everywhere. It doesn't mean that Google has to keep two separate mapping applications running. Waze didn't stop to think about their community when they sold the application to Google.