Imagine a distributed, open-source, bit-coin like version of Uber. There's no company, drivers get 100%, set their prices, and somehow a distributed protocol allows people to broadcast a bid for a ride, and nearby drivers could accept it.
It would
1) workaround the law, there's no employer, no company, and no one to sanction
2) be impossible to regulate or shutdown
That would actually be more in line with the law than Uber and Lyft's practices.
Currently drivers don't get to set their own prices and have to abide by other such things that don't make them independent contractors in the eyes on the law.
It would
1) workaround the law, there's no employer, no company, and no one to sanction 2) be impossible to regulate or shutdown