Why wouldn't both Uber and Lift simultaneously raise their prices by a few percent? Once they're both public and the VC cash injections dry up they'll both need to raise prices if they don't want to be out of business. Coke and Pepsi don't sell at a loss to try to steal each other's market share. What would cause these two public companies to run themselves into the ground if the market could absorb a 7% price increase?

I don't actually like Uber that much as a brand, and I understand that the HN groupthink is against them, but I'm not clear on why everyone seems think this is such a terrible business. Are people really going to go back to taking cabs?

I predict that Uber and Lyft will both see big drops in stock price, especially as we enter the next recession. If one or both of the companies survive the downturn, they will turn into leaner, healthy bluechip stocks that turn a stable profit, at least until the flying, self-driving, solar-powered scooters take over. IMHO anyway.