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But in this case, Uber/Lyft were breaking workers' unwaivable legal protections.

It's analogous to saying that robbery at gunpoint isn't "cheating", because both sides agree to the terms. Technically it's not "cheating", but that's not the aspect most people care about.

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The Uber driver is basically a business owner fulfilling contracts to customers brokered through an online clearinghouse. They're hyper capitalists exploiting regulatory advantages over taxi drivers then sad face at the downsides to that.

> The Uber driver is basically a business owner fulfilling contracts to customers brokered through an online clearinghouse. They're hyper capitalists exploiting regulatory advantages over taxi drivers then sad face at the downsides to that.

No they are not, otherwise they could freely set the fare and the market would decide the final price, not Uber or Lyft. Clearly that's not the case here.

I would argue Lyft/Uber are merely shitty brokers. You can definitely contract with a broker to use take it or leave it price fixing, it's just not a quality I would particularly desire.

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