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Comment by littletimmy | Hacker News Reader

Pity.

This modern day exploitation should end. Uber's huge profits are because they exploit people for labor. Ban it already.

As far as I know every Uber driver chooses to be one. Also, to be an Uber driver you have to own a relatively new car... I couldn't even drive for Uber because my car is too cheap. These people are not helpless.

Some people might take a loan to buy a car to drive Uber?

To get a car loan you need employment history and decent credit. While some folks that fit this category are struggling, it's not exactly the profile of an exploited class.

Uber push their own financing program to recruit drivers (or to get drivers to update their cars). They use subprime lenders and claim that even people with poor credit are eligible https://get.uber.com/cl/financing/

If you're recruited by Uber, enter into a loan, and then Uber drops the rates to a level where you're not profitable, that can be a problem. There are a bunch of stories of this kind, eg: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/uber-drivers-struggle... http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/27/uber-promote...

Why don't you let the drivers make the decision for themselves.

I think that's fair, so long as they're presented with all the facts.

If there is any truth to the comments that claim many drivers quit after determining they make at or near minimum wage, it seems like they got into Uber believing that drivers can make $90,000 a year

Well.. It's also fair in situations without perfect information. Assuming that as a requirement would render any ethical judgement on real life scenarios unusable.

What profits? Uber is losing money every day aiming to provide a quality service for people. They lost tens of millions on last years numbers. Will most likely do the same this year as well.

Yay taxi cartel!

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