Well, anyway the whole thing of having drivers there is temporary. They are just there to hold market share for these companies to let them start making money p

Well, anyway the whole thing of having drivers there is temporary. They are just there to hold market share for these companies to let them start making money properly when the self-driving taxis arrive and drivers are all terminated in the end (maybe Uber Black will still have them). They aren't just expendable - they are a stopgap solution as a whole.