Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::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.

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    1 year ago

    What assets? All they have is debt and maybe some servers. I guess the app and brand has some value, but only to another ride share company.

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      1 year ago

      They have corporate employees beyond the drivers. They likely have offices and such.

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      1 year ago

      If we’re talking total fantasyland, I suppose put those employees to work building a government backed alternative or an open platform to allow smaller companies?

      Suppose you had a centralized federated system where states or municipalities or even companies could have their own drivers but it’s a common app?

      Edit to add you could also have both driver and passenger rate each other and allow both to filter by rating, lower ratings would naturally pay more or less to compensate for the service. I bet in cities you’d have luxury versions of the same services all from the same app, but also cheap shitty services too.