It feels a bit like reading about the industrial revolution, when masses of destitute workers were exploited by rich factory owners. Their salary was just barel

It feels a bit like reading about the industrial revolution, when masses of destitute workers were exploited by rich factory owners. Their salary was just barely enough to keep them alive and their work perfectly fungible: for any worker that decided the deal wasn't good enough there was a queue of others in wait. Eventually the workers improved their condition through massive and coordinated strikes that entirely blocked the production and prevented anyone to replace them until their requests were met. (On the other hand the fact that delivery apps are funded by VC money and don't turn profits either sounds even more ominous: does it mean that consumer spending is fuelled by debt and still not producing profit for anyone involved?)