I don't understand why people are cheering this. If I want to drive for Uber, it's my choice. If they screw me and don't pay me what I'm worth, I'll drive for Lyft, or anyone else I choose. If I want full time employment with all the benefits, I can go to a regular taxi company. Handing the government power like this isn't protecting the workers, it's protecting the inefficient, established companies that aren't able to compete with innovation.
Uber is a platform that allows a rider to connect with a driver, and handles the payment for them. We should be cheering this kind of innovation. What about Airbnb? Should everyone who makes a room available through them be considered an employee? These platforms that connect buyers and sellers are the future, and we only hurt ourselves by trying to treat them like traditional companies.
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I don't understand why people are cheering this. If I want to drive for Uber, it's my choice. If they screw me and don't pay me what I'm worth, I'll drive for Lyft, or anyone else I choose. If I want full time employment with all the benefits, I can go to a regular taxi company. Handing the government power like this isn't protecting the workers, it's protecting the inefficient, established companies that aren't able to compete with innovation. Uber is a platform that allows a rider to connect with a driver, and handles the payment for them. We should be cheering this kind of innovation. What about Airbnb? Should everyone who makes a room available through them be considered an employee? These platforms that connect buyers and sellers are the future, and we only hurt ourselves by trying to treat them like traditional companies.
What!?! Someone implying the government could be part of the problem and not the solution? -1!