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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by e40 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @04:39PM (#22488445)
> If I drive for Uber, Lyft, and whoever else wants my services, am I not building my clientele?

I seriously doubt you, as a driver for Uber or Lyft, could legally make deals to drive people you find via your work for those companies, outside being assigned with the apps for those companies.

Anyone know what the contract with Uber/Lyft says?

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by sixstringtheory on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @04:55PM (#22488581)
I came here to ask that very question. The only thing I could find on Uber's website is this:

> Requesting a specific driver

> The Uber app cannot match you with a specific driver.

> When you request a ride, your app sends your request to nearby drivers to pick you up at your pickup location.

https://help.uber.com/riders/article/requesting-a-specific-d...

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by e40 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @06:07PM (#22489139)
The issue isn't requesting a specific driver, the issue is a driver making a deal outside the app with passengers.

I seriously doubt drivers are allowed to make side deals with passengers.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by danboarder on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @07:57PM (#22489903)
This seems unenforceable, I don't see how they could stop anyone from doing this if someone wanted to. And I know drivers who do exactly this - they take people to the airport outside the app because they got to know them.
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