I go back and forth on whether I think Uber's model for paying its drivers is exploitative or liberating. When I've had drivers who work 16 hour days to put foo

I go back and forth on whether I think Uber's model for paying its drivers is exploitative or liberating. When I've had drivers who work 16 hour days to put food on their family's table, I feel bad that Uber is taking advantage of them. But then I'll have a driver who is a student who decided to drive for 3 hours that night to make a little extra money while he's feeling uninspired to write a paper for his college course. I would've loved to have that opportunity when I was in school. Both types of driver are paid under the same rules and yet one of them makes me feel a lot guiltier about using the service.