Uber Eats Wants Your Returns And Drivers Want Answers | Ep 298

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We bounce through the latest gig economy news and call out how apps keep expanding into “everything” while drivers are left to do the math on pay, fees, and risk. We also hit the real-world safety side of delivery work and the weird tech trends showing up in cars and autonomous driving. 

• Uber Eats is launching retail item returns, and how the fees might work 
• How platform ecosystems keep people spending inside one app 
• A hit and run video and practical reminders for delivery driver safety 
• The in-car toilet patent and what it says about life on the road 
• Uber’s commercial permits and insurance pitch plus the fine print 
• Stablecoins explained and why crypto payouts feel sketchy 
• Uber liability in North Carolina under common carrier law 
• DoorDash drivers’ most hated restaurant pickups and why wait time kills earnings 
• Waymo confusion at a flashing red light and what it signals for AV rollout 
• Lyft’s 30% monthly fee cap and the bigger transparency problem 
• Walmart Spark batching grocery and dot com orders in one trip 

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