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To me your two sentiments seem opposed to each other. If Uber is struggling financially, they will be forced to squeeze their drivers harder, and the drivers wi
by lacker 7y ago
To me your two sentiments seem opposed to each other. If Uber is struggling financially, they will be forced to squeeze their drivers harder, and the drivers will end up with an even worse deal than they have now. So rooting for Uber to lose money is kind of like rooting for a bunch of close-to-minimum-wage workers to make less money.
I guess it’s possible that Uber does so badly financially, they cease to exist. I just find it really hard to imagine that they would be forced to raise prices enough to make the old days of taxis you hailed by waving your hands on the street come back. So to me, Uber doing badly is just bad news for their drivers.
- dylan604 7y agoHow is Lyft doing compared to Uber? To me, Lyft always had a more sane approach to growth while everything about Uber's corporate just gave me the willies. If Uber went away, I think the world would be a better place. I would feel bad about the drivers, but most of them are driving for multiple people anyways already.
- unreal37 7y agoThere's another side to the equation of course. Drivers have a choice. If Uber were to "squeeze drivers", drivers would stop driving for them. They'd drive for Lyft. They'd drive for some other company. They'd stay home. The supply would crash. They have no choice but to raise prices.