This is a huge win for all, including drivers.
If a driver decides they don't like how they're paid or the benefits they get, they have complete control to not do the job and work elsewhere.
Just because it is a voluntary transaction does not mean it is fair or should never be changed. Same reason why I think a $7.25/hr federal minimum wage is permissible, even though it might proscribe some voluntary transactions.
Uber and Lyft only pay for the time a passenger is in the car, what is called engaged time, not for time with the app open waiting for customers or for driving to pick them up.
Given how many drivers they have, studies in california estimate that up to a 1/3 of time drivers are not engaged, and thus not earning, just driving around clogging the streets or parked, and make as little as $5.64 an hour.
Maybe you don't care about paying people poverty wages so they can never do better, but even if you are a sociopath who lives only for yourself, whose tax dollars do you think subsidize folks who can't afford rent, food, health insurance etc?
https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/the-effects-of-proposition-...
In theory, yes. In reality, no.
It's important to maintain entry-level jobs that don't require advanced English skills, credentials, E-verify, or that allow self-scheduling.
The US is the land of opportunity. Let's keep it that way, especially for people who want to work.