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From what I've heard of Lyft, they definitely do not ship faster. One (probable) reason is that their infrastructure and tooling is a mess.

I don't see this as a new feature, I see it as cost control. Fixing technical debt brings your long-term carrying costs lower. They're increasing the efficiency of their developers so they can do more with fewer of them, which helps reduce total compensation costs.

> then shouldn't Lyft or Flywheel or some new company that can ship much faster be better off than Uber?

Isn't that the general startup success story: small scrappy team adapts faster to changes and the market, giving them some advantage over slow-moving megacorp?