Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Okay bye bye. It’s not like they suddenly take all the drivers and their cars with them. Are they forgetting what business they are in? All they do is match drivers with passengers. Some other scrappy startup can easily fill that gap when they leave. Uber became only big because of first mover advantage and cut throat capitalism. Their tech is not groundbreaking.
Hell, Uber isn’t even the only business in the “ride share” category at the moment.
Most cities have at least one other similar business already.
Like Lyft? The other rideshare app in the article?
That’s a weird reaction. Why not just ignore the bill entirely? It’s not like a municipality has any viable enforcement mechanism against what amounts to a smartphone app.
Sure they do, they can fine them and if they don’t comply they can go to state court to get it enforced. Individuals may be able to flout overdue tolls or traffic tickets or whatever for a while, but it’s extremely easy to impose a fine on a public corporation.
When scummy companies like that are really pissed off about a new policy, that policy is exactly the right thing to do.
Ok bye! Nobody needs overpriced services that underpay all employees.
