Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Ok bye! Nobody needs overpriced services that underpay all employees.
Oh no. People might have to use regular taxis.
Or maybe just take a walk, use public transit, ride a bike, or use some other sort of !micromobility!
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Good. If business plan relies on exploiting workers, then it’s a garbage business plan & deserves to fail.
Good! Providing a cheap service at the cost of the staff doing the work is not acceptable.
This is all just grandstanding anyway. They may leave, but likely they will just increase their rates.
Exactly. I envision them threatening to leave, but ultimately not taking the revue hit by raising prices for the end users.
I don’t agree with profits over everything. I anticipate the public narrative blaming the drivers or politicians for them exiting the market, but in my opinion its their own corporate greed thats pushing them out. This is unfair and people shouldn’t be vilified for standing up for workers rights.
Okay bye bye. It’s not like they suddenly take all the drivers and their cars with them. Are they forgetting what business they are in? All they do is match drivers with passengers. Some other scrappy startup can easily fill that gap when they leave. Uber became only big because of first mover advantage and cut throat capitalism. Their tech is not groundbreaking.
Hell, Uber isn’t even the only business in the “ride share” category at the moment.
Most cities have at least one other similar business already.
