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Exactly! Uber is offering these people income where they would otherwise be without.
by flyingfences 7y ago
Exactly! Uber is offering these people income where they would otherwise be without.
- ceejayoz 7y agoOr Uber is offering the illusion of income and hoping they're desperate enough not to do the math on vehicle depreciation.
- flyingfences 7y agoIncome, not profit.
- ceejayoz 7y agoHow does income with no profit benefit the drivers?
- njarboe 7y agoIt can be a useful way to extract some value from your car without selling it. Say you are between jobs and have a car you bought new. You would like to keep the car, as you know its history, so you drive Uber to "sell" a part of the car until you get a new job.
- ceejayoz 7y agoYou're describing, in essence, a predatory payday loan.
- njarboe 7y agoNot really. More like a way to sell a fraction of your vehicle's value while working for less than minimum wage in some cases. Not a great situation but, you are not paying high interest on a loan that you have to pay back.
- iso1824 7y agoYes, they should be grateful they can work in the workhouse, we Victorians are truly enlightened