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Comment by JCM9 | Hacker News Reader

Yeah, I knew this whole space was a race to the bottom the first time when a driver turned up with two phones with one running Uber and the other Lyft. When I asked them how they choose they just said which ever wants to fight harder for their business today and pay them the most. The drivers have zero loyalty to these companies.

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Which is exactly how much loyalty the drivers owe the companies!

Wait, who is it a race to the bottom for?

The drivers were sold that they are contractors who make their own hours and don't have a boss.

It makes perfect sense that they are trying to get the best rate, anything else would be leaving money on the table right?

>The drivers were sold that they are contractors who make their own hours and don't have a boss.

Which was total BS from the start - when they do choose to work, they’re told (by a boss) when/where they do their work. Hardly “own hours and own boss”.

Oh, I completely agree. Whenever I look at the *-share economy, it looks like the idea is "We take the dollar and share the pennies with you".

This is exactly what contractors are supposed to do. The whole point of contracting is that it is a market for labor. The only bad part of the story is that the guy needed two phones, he should have been able to do it all on a single phone.

>> The drivers have zero loyalty to these companies.

Good for them. As the saying goes in boxing - if you want loyalty, buy a dog.

How is this a bad thing?

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