> Uber is not an "essential service". I agree given no other contexts, but let me refute anecdotally: Brazil for instance has become socially and economic depe

> Uber is not an "essential service". I agree given no other contexts, but let me refute anecdotally: Brazil for instance has become socially and economic dependable over Uber continuous success. Current situation goes like this: - Brazil has about 1 million rental cars. Uber drivers have already returned 80% of their vehicles [1][2]. Rentals are down 90%. As cities are beginning to announce harder lockdowns, these will only go further down. [3] - Rental companies stopped buying new cars for at least a year [4]. At least that matches the fact that almost no new cars are being made since March.[5] - Rental companies buy directly from manufactures, they're almost half of their sales [6]. And app drivers are a big chunk of their customers. - Car manufacturers are a big slice of every State's taxes they're in. Less car sales, thousand more layoffs. (lacking links here, sorry) IMHO, to sum up: at least here, to any politician or car-related executive, Uber success is critical. [1] https://www.jornalcruzeiro.com.br/sorocaba/locadoras-de-carros-tentam-manter-contratos/ https://www.jornalcruzeiro.com.br/sorocaba/locadoras-de-carr... (pt-br) [2] https://www.bol.uol.com.br/noticias/2020/03/23/coronavirus-sem-passageiros-motorista-de-aplicativo-devolve-carro-alugado.htm https://www.bol.uol.com.br/noticias/2020/03/23/coronavirus-s... (pt-br) [3] https://www.infomoney.com.br/mercados/sem-servico-160-mil-motoristas-devolvem-carros-locadoras-ja-alugam-por-r-10/ https://www.infomoney.com.br/mercados/sem-servico-160-mil-mo... (pt-br) [4] https://www.uol.com.br/carros/colunas/autodata/2020/05/15/locadoras-param-de-comprar-carros-e-aumentam-crise-nas-montadoras.htm https://www.uol.com.br/carros/colunas/autodata/2020/05/15/lo... (pt-br) [5] https://revistaautoesporte.globo.com/Noticias/noticia/2020/03/fabricas-de-carros-no-brasil-interrompem-producao-saiba-quais-ja-anunciaram-paralisacao.html https://revistaautoesporte.globo.com/Noticias/noticia/2020/0... [6] https://www.blogdaslocadoras.com.br/locadoras-de-carros/recorde-vendas-diretas-de-veiculos-correspondem-a-quase-metade-dos-emplacamentos-em-2019.html https://www.blogdaslocadoras.com.br/locadoras-de-carros/reco...