Whether the employees are "taken care of" or not is subjective. What does that mean? The drivers are free to do something else, presumably where they feel more

Whether the employees are "taken care of" or not is subjective. What does that mean? The drivers are free to do something else, presumably where they feel more taken care of. The fact they aren't means Uber is their best option. Take it away (either by banning it, e.g. Italy/Austin or by passing regulations that make it too expensive to operate as is) and Uber drivers will have to go to their next best option, which must be worse otherwise they'd already be doing it. And again, Uber has come up with a business model that allows people without many good alternatives (whether that's because they need flexibility, don't have as many skills, don't have connections etc) to be productive and make money. And that's a good thing.