> You're getting downvoted because you're asserting your opinion as a global truth. There is no universal law dictating how software freelancers should work. N

> You're getting downvoted because you're asserting your opinion as a global truth. There is no universal law dictating how software freelancers should work. No, there isn't but my point is that in case - you're not responsible for your own marketing and sales - you don't differentiate yourself from other service providers - you're marketed by a third party as an anonymous set of technical acronyms how does that justify becoming a freelancer in the first place? Simply for the higher rate and so your employer can save social security costs? That's not how self-employment is intended by the law. In that case, you're more likely to be an employee. Some countries even try to recoup social security payments on that basis.