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		dnautics on Aug 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to class... no. There's no reason why you couldn't do both. There's plenty of apps where you both pay for entry and pay a cut out of each transaction.

sanderjd on Aug 11, 2020 [–]

Ah, then the reason this wouldn't work is that the court would still deem them to be employees, after seeing through this incredibly transparent and cynical facade.

dnautics on Aug 12, 2020 | [–]

the courts haven't seen through the facade of the taxi companies (the point is: this would be uber doing exactly what the taxi companies do)

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