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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by yifanl on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:12AM (#20929083)
Uber and Lyft could not feasibly maintain the scale of operations if everyone driving for Uber worked only for supplemental income.
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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by dymk on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:34AM (#20929335)
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.
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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by yifanl on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:58AM (#20929645)
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.

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