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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by jvmfjvfjvf on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:20PM (#37071530)
This is not correct. The costs of employing drivers would increase. The driver supply would go down and the price of an Uber ride would therefore increase. This is basic econ.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by komali2 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @12:54AM (#37072119)
If uber wants to kill their margins even more by reducing supply and driving up costs, that's their own mistake to make. They instead could keep the service cost that works at the price it's at right now by reducing executive compensation and finding other ways to increase efficiency.

Or they could keep pissing off the people with the monopoly on violence, maybe that'll work long term?

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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by troupo on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:29AM (#37072322)
Uber has already lost 35 billion, and somehow still exists. Uber has never been a viable business
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by JackFr on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:52AM (#37073240)
So if Uber has lost all that money, aren’t the customers the ones actually exploiting the drivers?
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by troupo on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:46AM (#37073599)
Stop shifting blame from corporations to customers
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by JackFr on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:40AM (#37076757)
Real abolitionists didn't wear cotton.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by troupo on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:18PM (#37080518)
Relevant: https://i.redd.it/whnuvoh4od031.jpg
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by dalmo3 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:38AM (#37073933)
Uber is a massive wealth redistribution initiative.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by Retric on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:23AM (#37075839)
Company’s can reduce pay down to minimum wage, the only way it would force them to pay more is if on average people where making less than minimum wage on average.
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