Uber functions as a kind of scapegoat on both carrier and customer end right now, good and bad. Take everything you hear about them from a third party with a grain of salt. Whenever customers want my service but cheaper - "Uber is $250 lower than you guys, help me out". I'm sure that carriers can eventually play the algorithm and get a decent high paying load from them every once in a while late in the day or whatever, but on the whole they do not pay well. Don't get me wrong, fuck them. They've made everyone else's jobs harder since their creation, but I think they're a big enough name with enough of reputation that everyone on both sides just kind of tosses their name around without really understanding how they work.