And will #DeleteUber leave more room for a driver-focused competitor" Ever since the #DeleteUber movement in response to the company?s reaction to the taxi cab strike at New York?s JFK airport, the fact that users of the ridehailing app so eagerly declared their intent to delete their accounts and switch to a competitor has underlined a big problem for the industry. Ridehailing companies offer an easily replaceable commodity, and if the price is right, it?s incredibly easy to take your business elsewhere.
For those who don?t live in more competitive ridehailing markets, such as Austin, that leaves just one option for unhappy Uber uses, Lyft. And indeed, Lyft downloads in the App Store outnumbered Uber?s for the first time on Monday, according to analysts. But in New York City, the switch may have given a boost to a relative newcomer trying to reshape the way that ridehailing works, or at least offer contractors a better deal. Juno, currently only available in New York, takes a lower commission from drivers and offers them shares in the company, among other benefits. Can they continue to parlay a more favorable deal with drivers into big business"
Founder and CEO Talmon Marco, an Israeli-American entrepreneur who made his fortune with the messaging app Viber, and now operates Juno in a post office on the 84th floor of One World Trade Center, says Juno was ?built with drivers in mind.? That differentiator has helped fuel pretty rapid growth. The service, whic...