But that's not the point - Uber has no obligation to their drivers to provide work, or a fixed amount of pay not does it want to operate in an environment where it Ilis forced to do that. And history shows that if you have all the capital requirements at the bottom of the ladder (you own the car / the chicken shed / the 17wheeler) then the bottom of the ladder will keep cutting its own throat.
Uber would not be in business if it owned the capital.
What surprises me is the taxi firms do not seem to be fighting back with a (open) app of their own