Comment Re:Uber and Lyft drivers - a 2020s thing (Score 4, Interesting) 42
Lyft and Uber have been planning the "driverless" car since at least 2013. I was a drive back at the start of these and it was on the books then. They both spent their early days throwing money at drivers and offering riders low fares, both subsidized by VC. When they started to have real shareholders and had to make them a profit, the move to driverless ramped up again but still went no where. The subsidized rides started to become less subsidized, so they started to trim the pay of drivers while modestly raising rates.
Knowing what I know and having experienced what I experienced as a driver, I am not surprised by and I fully support this action by drivers.