[robmaister]

The thing about contracting is you don't have to take the job if they aren't willing to negotiate. If no one wants to build your website for $5, then the client is either going to have to pay more, or not make a website.

All of the drivers around that airport incur roughly the same costs for gas, wear and tear, rent, etc. So while you might find someone halfway across the world to build your website for $5, you won't be able to do the same for your driver between the airport and your hotel.

[ummonk]

Drivers are free to stop accepting rides whenever they want.

[crooked-v]

That's exactly what they did: stop accepting rides, then start accepting them again once Lyft offered to pay them enough that they thought it was worth it.

[mcguire]

Which they're doing. En-masse. Until the fares go up.