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In the ultimate 'fuck you' to customers, you will get cheaper rides on Uber under Android if you have the Lyft app installed...

Because on iOS they can't detect apps, as far as I know.

Not using App Store legal APIs anyway. But its not like they've let _that_ stop them in the past...

AFAIK what they do on iOS is track 'behaviors' -- i.e. you get to the quote screen, app-switch, then come back a few seconds later, they know you're price-shopping and can re-quote and lower their prices.

If Uber has access to file storage, can't it look for file names specific to Lyft?

Uber does not, iOS apps are sandboxed.

Further more, if you use `canOpenURL` trick to check for anything but trying to fallback when you're actually trying to open the url/app, they will flag you during the review.

Lyft is often cheaper for me.

It depends on the market, time of day, and other factors. In my experience, Lyft is actually generally cheaper, but the two are usually within 5-10% of each other in cost.