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Re:Economist behind Uber study admits error, adjusts numbers by SamReidHughes on Sunday March 11, 2018 @09:21PM (#16565627)
It's not like it's a desirable occupation. It's unskilled work. What you see is people using it as a temporary way to make money between other jobs. Not sure why that's damning.
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Re:Economist behind Uber study admits error, adjusts numbers by stouset on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:12PM (#16588792)
Taxi-driving is a full-time job with tons of people who've been doing it for years. Is taxi-driving a desirable occupation for skilled workers? Lyft and Uber aren't keeping drivers for a straightforward reason: they're a comparably worse value proposition than being a taxi driver used to be.

I'm not saying there aren't advantages to the new system. There certainly are. But the drivers are bearing the brunt of the downsides.

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Re:Economist behind Uber study admits error, adjusts numbers by SamReidHughes on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:25PM (#16589278)
Right, drivers no longer have the barriers to entry that prevent competition. The ones that don't bear the brunt are new drivers.
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