I understand that this is something that Lyft has obviously been working on for quite awhile and put plenty of resources and thought into, but for some reason I still have a sour taste when they launch this just the day after Uber.
I'm really curious if this was rushed out as a response to Uber or if this specific date/time range was always perceived as the launch time.
Seems like Uber rushed out their vaporware announcement of UberPool to steal Lyft's thunder of launching a concrete feature. The fact that people are now giving Lyft a hard time shows the value of PR.
Really, vaporware? Considering they've launched it in private beta already and have said they plan to expand it greatly in 9 days, I'm going to say that it's most definitely not vaporware.
Lyft has the product to market first. Any consumer can now use their feature. Sniping a PR release using a beta isn't the same thing as delivering a production-ready feature. Until you have a usable product in your hand, you have promises, not features.
Yeah but that's not the definition of vaporware. Vaporware has a very specific definition, and we won't know if something is vaporware until long after the announcement, by sheer definition that it doesn't get released nor cancelled.
It's pretty clearly the opposite. Uber has no product yet but rushed out an announcement to steal Lyft's thunder. Lyft actually has a product and at worst might be announcing it early because of Uber's move.
I'm really curious if this was rushed out as a response to Uber or if this specific date/time range was always perceived as the launch time.