Uber and Lyft could not feasibly maintain the scale of operations if everyone driving for Uber worked only for supplemental income.

That is in fact the only way they could maintain it. They are used burstily and have very little use for a standing fleet doing nothing for most of the day.

That would only work if supply and demand spiked at the same time, and I doubt that would be the case.

I suppose surge pricing and whatnot address that to a point, but if every Uber driver is scheduling their day around Uber demand, then that's hardly a sidegig.

Uber and Lyft purport themselves to be "ride sharing" and "supplemental income", but that isn't what they are. They're underregulated taxi companies who's employees need to work nearly full time to meet ends meet.

These companies know what they're doing. Their words, like the words of so many corporations in America, are lies and deceit. Their image is a facade meant to deceive.

> but that isn't what they are

They very clearly are just that.

> employees need to work nearly full time to meet ends meet

Which is exactly why they're supplemental income and not full-time jobs.

Uber and Lyft tell you exactly what you're going to make before you start driving for them. If you willingly work full-time hours for them, that's your problem, not theirs.