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Then you're not a lawyer. Tell an Uber driver that you're a lawyer, and you're nearly guaranteed a conversation about their rights, and ability to sue Uber. T

by merkp 10y ago

Then you're not a lawyer. Tell an Uber driver that you're a lawyer, and you're nearly guaranteed a conversation about their rights, and ability to sue Uber. This isn't true for all sharing economy companies, but it's true for Uber. They might not complain if all they think it'll do is ding their star rating, but many of them are very upset with Uber. Most of these folks feel trapped by what they perceive to be an abusive monopsony buyer of labor.

jlebar 10y ago
So complain about Uber. There's lots to complain about, for sure. But don't make it about the "serfdom economy" or tech in general. Seriously, we're sitting here on our pocket supercomputers [1] using wireless city-wide broadband to complain about how tech doesn't make anyone's lives better. [1] Ownership of which largely transcends class, at least in the USA, which is amazingly wonderful and is a consequence of the capitalist system TFA's author seems to hate so much.