[haggenballs]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems that Uber and Lyft are only proposing such a policy because they are scared that drivers will be considered employees, and not independent contractors.

It’s probably much cheaper to pay drivers a minimum wage of $21/hour when they are driving a customer (not accounting the idle time, or time to get to the fare), than it is to provide benefits for every single driver.

To me, I don’t see this as an ethical move, but a somewhat disingenuous effort in an attempt to save money in the long-run.