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> an artificial moat around starting a new app In the real world we actually inhabit, where Uber and Lyft have lost money every quarter, I'm not sure "state-ma

• tathougies 7y ago
  This further demonstrates the need for a cooperative non-profit marketing agency made up of several independent small taxi-cab/logistics companies as members. It is clearly an unprofitable field but the individual merchants benefit quite a bit it would seem. Nevertheless, uber's unprofitability actually makes california's actions even more reprehensible, because not only are the drivers no longer allowed to work on their own app, but they are also forced to work, in the meantime, for a company that's losing money and likely to face bankruptcy. In other words, they're being exploited for temporary gain by the state of California, who likely just wants to get their hands on payroll tax.