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Just a clarification: Cab drivers are protesting Uber because Uber takes away their business and there's nothing they can do about it. It's not because they fee
by tomasien 12y ago
Just a clarification: Cab drivers are protesting Uber because Uber takes away their business and there's nothing they can do about it. It's not because they feel pressured to become Uber drivers and take less money - Uber drivers make a shit ton of money. It's the cab OWNERS who are really fucked.
- acdha 12y ago> It's not because they feel pressured to become Uber drivers and take less money - Uber drivers make a shit ton of money What evidence do we have that this is true or, if so, will remain so past the period when they're recruiting to enter a new market? It seems a lot more likely that Uber is going to keep gradually lowering the rates paid to drivers to maintain their profit margins amidst competition.
- tomasien 12y agoI've spoken to every Uber driver that I've ever had, every one in SF was on pace to make 6 figures this year and thrilled with it. Average seems to be 80-100k depending on how much you drive. Cab drivers have to work their asses off on someone else's terms to even approach that.
- adventured 12y agoCab drivers can protest their own backwards industry instead, which is exactly what they should have done a long time ago. Then their existing industry can choose to compete in an actual market, instead of using the government to protect them from competition.