When you make cash on Uber even for those who don’t personal a automotive, Uber additionally earnings even whereas its drivers aren’t incomes cash. Jay Cassano wrote on Vice about Uber drivers’ “lifeless miles” and an algorithm as your boss. Uber collects information from drivers even throughout their unpaid time to feeds into the corporate’s provide and demand algorithms. Meaning Uber drivers proceed to generate cash for Uber even when they aren’t carrying a fare. “Uber is the closest factor to an employer we’ve ever seen on this trade,” stated Bhairavi Desai, founding father of the New York Taxi Staff Alliance. “They not solely direct each side of a driver’s workday, additionally they revenue off the complete day by means of information assortment, not simply the sale of a product.” (vice.com)