California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and Lyft

Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by imgabe on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:12AM (#20929068)

Are they better off if Uber and Lyft go out of business and they have no jobs? Presumably if they had a better option they would be doing it.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @12:23PM (#20929901)

There are plenty of companies and entrepreneurs that aren't artificially propped up by VC money that are waiting for any opportunity to eat Uber/Lyft's lunch.

In fact, many regional ride-hailing app companies already are.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by maxehmookau on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:40AM (#20929401)

Uber can afford to pay more and provide more stable employment. They choose not to because it hurts their margins. Fixing this will help drivers and still won't put Uber out of business.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @12:11PM (#20929773)

I'm pretty sure Uber are still losing money, and have never shown evidence of positive unit-margin, so I'm not sure they can afford this.

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