&gt; I think some observers confidently think that Uber will ultimately lose the &quot;employee&quot; classification legal battle and there will be a financial windfall for the 160,000+ drivers. For the reasons I stated above, that is not going to happen.<p>I don&#x27;t see how Uber changing their behavior for the future prevents them from having to cover what they <i>should</i> have been providing in the past.