Renting is a scam

So as you all know Lyft has routinely lowered driver pay for the past few years. I went ahead and rented a car. First day doing it, already notice a significant downfall of earnings. Typically I got 43 to 44% of passenger payments without tips included. I am seeing 31% with rented vehicle and that's with cherry picking rides. If I accepted any rides it would be closer to 25% probably. It's a scam. How do people live off this? They make it seem like they're doing you a favor renting the car to you, and then just exploit you harder than ever before.