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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by umanwizard on Thursday August 20, 2020 @01:06PM (#24225604)
The state made their business model illegal. Yes, technically that’s not the same thing as shutting them down, since they could have switched to a different business model, but it’s a distinction without a difference.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by paulmd on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:00PM (#24228112)
They can still run the same business model, they will just have to increase employee compensation (and fares).

This is like saying that raising the minimum wage will drive McDonald's out of business. At the current prices, sure, but McDonald's will raise prices 10% to compensate (wages are not 100% of the cost of a burger) and keep on trucking.

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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:52PM (#24227081)
Their business model was illegal before they formed the business.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by umanwizard on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#24227195)
I don't know whether that's true or not, but I don't think it changes my point.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:21PM (#24230960)
The Dynamex Decision [0] has held that the State of California has always considered drivers to be employees.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamex_Operations_West,_Inc._...

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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by frockington1 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#24227207)
It was made illegal by the law that was just passed. You can't try to claim it was illegal beforehand in good faith
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