> As a freelancer in IT: yes, 100%. If I keep rebuffing my clients, they eventually stop calling.
They might, unless you're the best freelancer in a niche, and they have no other choice.
The difference between you in that situation, and a driver "working" for Uber, is that you or your clients decide if you get any work in that situation, while for the Uber driver, Uber decides if you get any work or not.
So how should this relation work in order for you to accept that Uber drivers don't have to be regarded as employees? Should Uber not have the right to stop pairing the driver with Uber's users no matter what the driver does? Honest question.
They might, unless you're the best freelancer in a niche, and they have no other choice.
The difference between you in that situation, and a driver "working" for Uber, is that you or your clients decide if you get any work in that situation, while for the Uber driver, Uber decides if you get any work or not.