[far33d]

This article only describes a concerted effort to recruit drivers by hailing rides. Lyft still gets paid.

I believe that the hail / cancel tactic is unethical, but this article only describes direct recruitment.

[buckbova]

The article references the hail/cancel.

"Earlier this month, CNN reported that Uber employees around the country ordered and then canceled 5,560 Lyft rides, according to an analysis by Lyft. (Lyft arrived at this figure by cross-referencing the phone numbers of users who tried to recruit Lyft drivers to Uber with users who had previously canceled rides.) "