Documents show Uber used shady marketing tactics to aggressively target Lyft drivers
Update with tweets from Uber CEO Travis Kalanik, at the bottom of this story. Recently, CNN shared data from Lyft that showed Uber had ordered and canceled over 5,500 Lyft rides over the space of ten months. After swiftly denying the rumors, Uber claimed that Lyft has been using the exact same tactics on its service, cancelling 12,900 rides. When Uber denied the claims, it said that they were “patently false” because its riders and drivers recruit users rather than the company itself and that it doesn’t cancel rides. It appears that Uber doesn’t intentionally cancel rides, but it does do…
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