>the driver chooses to be available, but within that availability window, Uber can arbitrarily define them as unavailable This is basically the result of new y

>the driver chooses to be available, but within that availability window, Uber can arbitrarily define them as unavailable This is basically the result of new york's legislation. In jurisdictions without such legislation, uber doesn't cap the amount of drivers that can be online. Moreover "availability" in this context is entirely arbitrary. The amount of fares available is still the same. The only difference is that uber caps the amount of people that can be online because new york puts them on the hook if anyone is "available" but doesn't make minimum wage. This was never the case for regular cabbies, but for whatever reason decided to apply this to ride hailing apps only. >Contractors don't just hang around your job site because you tell them you don't have work for them now but "stick around 5 minutes or 2 hours, we might have some then". Right, because the labor required to build a house isn't spiky like the demand for drivers.