So, Uber becomes popular because it's 'better', by destroying the unionized taxi industry and now the contractors want to be considered employees? If you wante

So, Uber becomes popular because it's 'better', by destroying the unionized taxi industry and now the contractors want to be considered employees? If you wanted that, why not just drive a cab? Many of these modern companies destroy what they think is old and out-dated and only come to realize that those companies already used that business model decades ago and it evolved into what we have now. Uber will eventually evolve into a cab company. I suppose it's a great way for some venture capitalists to make a ton of cash and destroy competitors, but not so good for the average person. Bitcoin is another good example of this. It takes a centralized and federally insured organization to truly have the security that the general public needs. Many websites need to be hacked and millions of dollars stolen to come to this conclusion. Banks figured this out 100+ years ago. The other issue is that they shouldn't be considered employees. Drivers can work as little or as much as they want, which doesn't sound like an employee to me.