> Why don't these people accept the existing full-time driving jobs then? Which jobs? The ones that got slaughtered when Uber&co undercutted the whole market b

> Why don't these people accept the existing full-time driving jobs then? Which jobs? The ones that got slaughtered when Uber&co undercutted the whole market because they did not have to provide their workers with the basic standards that their competitors have to (i.e insurance, benefits, min. wage)? > Is it because flexibility is paramount and they might already have other commitments? How is that related? Flexibility doesn't mean having no rights. You can absolutely have a flexible schedule as an employee. > Why convert many existing opportunities into fewer worse jobs? What you call opportunity, I call exploitation in the current way Uber&co run their businesses. > Do you think there should be no independent contractors? Do you also object to freelancer writers or artists? How is that related? The relationship and power balance between Uber and their drivers is not even close to "two independant parties", and the courts of California and many other countries around the world agree with me. There is nothing "freelance" about being an Uber driver.