What all of these articles fail to mention is that the drivers did this to themselves. There was a real vocal group of drivers that felt being self-employed meant that Uber should pay them more, give them benefits, and that they shouldn't have to pay self-employment tax. You know... like every other fucking business. These asshats didn't realize that the "freedom" of being self-employed brought a lot of expenses and responsibility along with it.
They were protesting in the streets for more "fairness" when it was them that jumped at the chance to do the work on their own schedule with no boss to answer to. Then they had to buy gas. Then the CA lawyers figured out they could sue Uber when one of these little fuckers caused an accident because they don't know how to drive for shit in the first place... Personal auto insurance wouldn't cover their vehicle for business use so they had to buy a commercial policy. And on it goes.
I'm actually surprised it took this long for Uber and them to stop operations.
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