[hoppyluke]

If drivers can decide how long they are willing to work, even if there aren't many/any passengers around, then Uber has no way to control costs.

Unless they already have something in place to manage how many drivers are on the road in an area at any time? I thought that was just controlled by supply/demand, but that gets skewed by Uber needing to still pay minimum page when there is an over-supply.

[lovich]

And food producers are skewered by having to meet safety requirements when they could save money by ignoring them. Sucks for Uber that their business model doesn't win 100% of the time, but you don't allow individual entities to just ignore laws that set minimums whenever it's not the best for them.

[MarkCole]

Yeah then it's up to Uber to build that in if it's a problem. That when demand is low it tells them there isn't enough demand currently and they won't get paid. The problem there is if it happens often it's going to take Drivers away from the platform.