> The point isn’t that these jobs didn’t exist or were replaced 1:1, the point is that there is a super steep demand curve in these services so a drop in price by 10% means 10x demand at that reduced price, which means the number of drivers now is much much more tha. It used to be to satisfy those orders

Let me go out on a limb and say: who gives a shit that there’s now more demand? This is not a good thing, demand for Uber is often replacing demand for public transit and bringing with it additional congestion[1], pollution, and waste in the classical “broken window” style. This is economic growth for the sake of itself - not towards any kind long term prosperity for the human race.

[1] https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/curcp_16/147/