The weird thing about the whole Uber affair is that as long as the drivers can&#x27;t set their own prices that&#x27;s a very strong piece of evidence that they are not independent operators, whereas that very same fact about Uber setting the prices is the biggest bulwark against a race to the bottom, which is very much to the advantage of the drivers.<p>Sooner or later Uber will have to let this go to enhance their position that drivers are independent and then suddenly Uber won&#x27;t be nearly as interesting to work with&#x2F;for and the quality will plunge.