Nobody is stopping them from being independent drivers with their own customers. For example, I do this for with regular drivers for airport rides that I origin

Nobody is stopping them from being independent drivers with their own customers. For example, I do this for with regular drivers for airport rides that I originally met on the app. Uber is a matchmaking service that comes with certain rules and objectives so the marketplace works better for everyone, and flexibility to work when and where you want is usually most important. Perhaps we need a 3rd category to account for this kind of work.