[mikojan]

Yes, super exploiting their drivers is a necessity for their success. But there are others. Governments have been intentionally crippling public transportation for the past 40 years or so in many western countries. And they have been shifting resources to private transportation. Liberalizing labor law - or more precisely: transferring authority over labor law to unaccountable private tyrannies - is another. And the UK was pretty much leading this assault. Even now the German government is working aggressively towards scrapping the Passenger Transportation Act which they are refusing to enforce consistently anyway and which at least in theory puts a cap on the life span of this horrible business model.

Uber at the end of a day is just a private enterprise operating (mostly) consistent with the law and with it's function as a private enterprise which is to make money for its shareholders. Blaming them for this is akin to blaming the puppy eating monster for eating the puppies we give them. Who the f- thought that would be a good idea to begin with?