I still prefer Uber because it's nicer than Lyft. Not uberx of course, but even then uberx is basically on par with all Lyft drivers. If I'm paying for a car service, I don't derive much value from a fist bump. I want a bottle of water in the back seat, tinted windows and the door opened for me - and the few extra dollars is more than worth it. Yes competition is good, but which supporting demographic do you think will keep a company afloat? I'm betting on the people that fly business class. There are good reasons Uber attracts the big money investors.
I'm inclined to believe you simply based on evidence. Uber is till, by far, the choice for most. Moreover Travis Kalanick seems to have the passion for efficient transportation as Steve Jobs did for Apple products.
And I suspect there is some biased on Hacker News in favor of Lyft. Thiel is now even a partner of Y Combinator. And if I was Lyft, I'd rely on the passion of techies and engineers to push Lyft's "benevolent underdog" fight against the "evils of the goliath" Uber.
