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>They will basically cease to exist

If their business is unprofitable even with their exploitation of workers, then it was never a viable business to begin with.

There are endless potential businesses that would become equally VC cash-vacuum-viable with specific worker deregulations and affordances. We do not do so simply because we see those values and protections as more important to societal good than those businesses (and their jobs) existing. If Uber ends up joining that set then so be it.




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