Yes, it provides roughly a million workers with part-time income amounting to $xx billion per year. Given the relatively unrestricted ability to quit these pos

Yes, it provides roughly a million workers with part-time income amounting to $xx billion per year. Given the relatively unrestricted ability to quit these positions at any time, it's safe to assume these workers had no better alternative. And, without the gig economy, either would not have work or would be working in lesser desirable positions. Does it suck that so many people don't have better income alternatives? Yes. Should these companies be forced to pay higher wages? Possibly. Would the world be a better place if these companies never existed? No.