Seeing as attempts to mandate better wages and benefits for gig workers usually wind up throwing large numbers of them out of work (see Minneapolis just now) while making life more expensive for consumers, this is a positive.
Uber and Lyft decided to leave rather than prove that it's possible for them to pay better wages. They did not say they left because it would be unprofitable, they left because they said it would make rides unaffordable for riders.
> The companies argued that they would be forced to pass the increased cost on to riders, which would result in drivers eventually earning less. In a statement, Lyft called the bill “deeply flawed,” adding, “this ordinance would make rides unaffordable for the majority of Minneapolis residents.”|
(https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/technology/uber-lyft-minn...)
As the price increase would have just made them more profitable if they kept the same cut...