Please don't take this as me defending Uber, I agree with your general sentiment, but your salient argument against them is a bit misleading. Almost all taxi co

Please don't take this as me defending Uber, I agree with your general sentiment, but your salient argument against them is a bit misleading. Almost all taxi companies in major cities in the U.S. use a similar "employment" model for the drivers. Honestly, the only major differences between Uber and the old school firms is technology, customer support, and ubiquity. Uber is no more abussive really to drivers and is also just as corrupt (maybe in slightly different ways, but still the same level).