| > You just grab a random yo-yo with a vehicle and a clean driving record and they start making you cash. Uber has been losing money ever since its inception, so it's clearly not making them so much cash. > For a Taxi there's a huge capital, personnel, and operational investment. Maybe in the U.S. with all its regulation. > To become a NYC Taxi driver, you need... Who cares? Taxis aren't all the same worldwide, they're still taxis. An unregulated/unlicensed taxi is still a taxi. > You have to already be investing tens of thousands of dollars in a vehicle, and also already have other income. If it's really such a sucker's game, people can just stop doing it. > So what's new is the Uber driver herself. She only exists now because she was formerly lower-middle class, and now she needs 3 jobs to support herself. If she needs three jobs to support herself maybe she'll prefer having the choice of working for Uber over not having it. Her situation is neither Uber's fault nor responsibility. |