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I mean, if drivers shared in Uber's net profit thus far, they'd have to pay Uber to drive. Do you think Uber is actually worth $55 billion? If it goes to zero, should the drivers pay back what they've earned?

I think you make an excellent point that Uber wouldn't exist without drivers, but I feel like the inverse is also true? How much would a driver make just posting on FB or wherever that they were willing to drive people around for what they make driving for Uber? I feel like the vast majority of them would make basically nothing, otherwise there would be a lot more people doing that.




People made non-insignificant amount of money driving around and looking for hailing hand. Maybe not in the US, but that worked in Russia.




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