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According to the companies lobbying its what the drivers want. No one has established it actually is, and in fact some drivers have quit and spoken out about th
by joshribakoff 6y ago
According to the companies lobbying its what the drivers want. No one has established it actually is, and in fact some drivers have quit and spoken out about the apps constantly nagging with propaganda. Also as a rider who’s gotten drunk drivers, idiots going reverse on highway when the exit was missed, or pulling up in beater cars where the engine stalls out, I’ll just say there’s a reason taxis were more expensive and not all riders wanted this outcome. In fact, drivers will be paid below minimum wage since the laws are crafted to only apply minimum wages while they have a passenger in the car
- sida 6y agoHave you talked to drivers? There have been many independent surveys that show drivers disproportionately want to remain contractors.
- dmitriid 6y agoPeople in the US are disproportionately uneducated on how the rest of the world operates. And any idea left of hunting people for sport [1] is dismissed with ultimate disdain. The US is overwhelmingly "why should I pay for some lazy slacker with my hard earned money". And this is especially prevalent among the lower income people. [1] A joke from the internets that goes something like "In the US everything left of literally hunting people for sport is called socialism"