Uber has reportedly been locking out drivers from its app during periods of low demand over the past month in response to New York City’s minimum pay rule. Lyft is threatening to adopt the same strategy, Bloomberg reported Monday (June 24). This move is in response to a 6-year-old pay rule in New York that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to compensate drivers for idle time between rides, according to the report. Uber said that the lockouts are necessary to limit non-passenger time, per the report. Sin ...