It doesn&#x27;t sound particularly misleading to me.  That&#x27;s just what &quot;gross&quot; means.  Gross is always way, way higher than net.  You wouldn&#x27;t subtract the wholesale cost from the gross income of a retail chain, you wouldn&#x27;t subtract employee wages from the gross income of a software firm, and you wouldn&#x27;t subtract contractor payments from Lyft.