How does it work?
Are the free lancers offering rides for a fee as they go to work or do they offer rides all day as a business?
Are they in effect sharing the expense of their daily commute or re they in the business of transporting for hire?
all of the above.
I have seen adverts for "first ride free"...."discount for repeat customers"....and ..."ask for our 50% off after 5 rides card"
So it's the independent business owner/entrepreneur in action.
If you’re an Uber driver, you have an “app” from Uber on your smartphone that tells the big Uber computer in the sky where you are. That puts a dot on a map that potential passengers can see. They click on the dot and you get a notice to go to where they are.
You can turn your app on and off as you wish, so you can be a driver all day long if you like or just in the evenings and so on.