- #Why do these hacking sites ask you to fill out consumer surveys drivers#
- #Why do these hacking sites ask you to fill out consumer surveys software#
The contract they wanted me to sign when I was in the airport, which it knew because I agreed to send location while using the app, trying to get a ride home. Whereas Lyft has committed several betrayals it thinks are forgivable but that I will always remember. I'll get to that.Īnd this is the best part: because it's not an app on a grotesque pocket supercomputer, but a human on the other end of the line, the radiotaxi didn't have dark patterns. The one advantage Lyft has is the map on the phone, though they also use the GPS signal in interesting ways. They could do deliveries too, for instance a rare book from one customer to a relative. So, it was the same thing, same exact thing as Lyft, you called them on your old school cell phone, they always answered, and they gave you an estimated time of arrival, what it would cost (they could quote you an exact price if they knew the route well or you were a customer with an account with them), and how long the drive might be. Back in the 2000's, in Santiago, there were "radiotaxis," which had a dispatch that received calls. Yeah I don't see how these apps are even 4% better value than the old system, beyond breaking up the medallion racket in many cities. So, it doesn't take much imagination to see how they could be wasting immense sums of VC money on engineering, and likely are stuck on a treadmill or dozen that continue to cause them to fail upwards.
#Why do these hacking sites ask you to fill out consumer surveys software#
Its totally the software version of "the emperor doesn't have any cloths". Mostly because it sounds like no one with any actual long term experience developing and maintaining software has any power in their organization. While they might be getting the glory for what the org has achieved the whole thing sounds crazy dysfunctional. Never mind the fact that no one in mgmt appears to have questioned why it wasn't possible to pick a cross platform language/toolkit (or even write a custom shim) and reduce their app development overhead. Layer on a whole bunch of other WTFs (related to how & why the app itself is so large) and a picture emerged for me. Interesting to read, because it would seem any engineer with more than a few years of experience would understand the risks of rewritting an application of any complexity, but worse they would also understand the difficulty of picking immature technologies. It described how they have multiple versions of the app, written by completely different teams, in different languages. It was about the process of rewriting their ios app in swift. There was an article on this board not long ago, which was very eye opening. I’ll use RideAustin over Lyft or Uber any day of the week. I do prefer to use local co-op transportation services instead of either Uber or Lyft - like RideAustin here in Austin, TX. In others, I suspect your average taxi will still be better. I think they might be better than your average taxi, but only in some places. I haven’t had any really horrible experiences from either Lyft or Uber, and I have had some really good ones. But that’s like saying one pile of poo is better than another pile of poo, because it stinks less.
#Why do these hacking sites ask you to fill out consumer surveys drivers#
I’ve had occasion to use regular car service from Uber and Lyft, and between the two I think Lyft is better to their drivers and their customers. But there’s a huge leap downward from that to the “black car” service from companies like Uber. They’ve both been great - not a single bad experience there. In the US, I’ve used rental limos on several occasions, including ExecuCar and BlackLane. You really have to be committed to the job in order to do that. I mean, the sheer determination it takes to go through “The Knowledge” is just breathtaking. In the UK, I have found Black Cabs to be superior to any taxi system anywhere else in the world, at least any of the places I’ve been to.