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by freejazz 641 days ago
Why are you obtusely re-contextualizing everyone's responses?
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I feel like these articles are just "tech company = bad" without recognizing that there are thousands of really smart people trying to create an equitable system that supports the needs of the drivers, passengers, and company.

1. Good wages for drivers means more drivers.

2. More drivers means better quality of service at lower cost for passengers.

3. Low cost and high quality service for passengers means more passengers.

4. More passengers means more rides and more money spent on platform.

More drivers and more passengers means more money for company. The argument that Uber/DD whatever is not incentivized to have high wages for drivers is ridiculous.

Have you ever worked a job outside of tech?
Yes, in high school I worked in retail (that had tips) and in college I worked at an tiny hardware engineering firm.