There has been an odd conflation of Uber and Lyft lately, and I can only assume it's on the part of people who want to stop one or both from existing. Uber con

There has been an odd conflation of Uber and Lyft lately, and I can only assume it's on the part of people who want to stop one or both from existing. Uber contracts out professional drivers who are already doing business as professional drivers for other organizations. They're operating like a dispatcher. Lyft lets regular people pick up other folks using their own cars and insurance. It is not the same thing. I don't think this raises any accountability questions for Uber at all. It should be a red flag to someone like Lyft, but honestly it's not a problem for Uber. They have a contract (not employee) relationship with their drivers, and not even an exclusive one at that. Most of the Uber drivers I know also respond to requests from other dispatchers. They just tend to like Uber better.