> We can see it again here - Uber drivers are literally bringing their own car, but seem incapable of producing their own app and marketing structure.
You seem to be under the impression that Uber drivers are people with the time and money to engage in risk pursuits that cost upfront cash, with a hope of a long term payoff.
Most Uber drivers are looking for cash now, to fill their already empty pockets. In many cases Uber is little more than terribly priced equity release tool, turning the capital cost of your car and fuel back into liquid cash. If these people had the capital and time to build a business, they wouldn’t be exploited by Uber.
Exactly, the problem is that a taxi firm (+ app) would be a perfect fit for being organised as a worker's cooperative. However those workers have no way of raising the capital necessary, in the current system, to start that firm, even if it would mean better outcomes in the long run. It's perverse.
You seem to be under the impression that Uber drivers are people with the time and money to engage in risk pursuits that cost upfront cash, with a hope of a long term payoff.
Most Uber drivers are looking for cash now, to fill their already empty pockets. In many cases Uber is little more than terribly priced equity release tool, turning the capital cost of your car and fuel back into liquid cash. If these people had the capital and time to build a business, they wouldn’t be exploited by Uber.