&gt; If the drivers were employees then they could have prevented them from driving for other services.<p>This. I feel like this doesn&#x27;t come up often enough in discussions about whether drivers should be considered employees or not. A lot of people seem to think that making drivers employees would be better for the drivers and have no effect on passengers. But as soon as drivers become employees it&#x27;s game over for Lyft or any future competitor, and Uber&#x27;s monopoly will let them push driver comp as low as possible.  As long as Uber and other companies have to work to attract drivers and passengers they&#x27;ll take a lower cut for themselves.