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I am really sick of the word share. Share your data with us, share your heart rate with us, we just share this with a few of our partners. Sharing is caring, I

• alibarber 5y ago
  Yes I’ve struggled to take it seriously since day one - ‘the sharing economy’, like I’m paying you to rent a room in your house (Airbnb). That’s just ‘the economy’.
  • jjeaff 5y ago
    I think maybe they mean something along the lines of, you, the individual, provide the capital and the labor and take on the risk, and then you "share" some or most of the revenue with us.
    • BostonEnginerd 5y ago
      That’s my biggest issue with “sharing” economy companies. They are asking people to take on enormous risks -buying homes and cars - and then just algorithmically delist them when a problem occurs with no liability.
      • blacksmith_tb 5y ago
        Yes, that's pretty much the business model right there - taking advantage of loopholes in the regulations (until they're patched), it's version 2.0 of 'privatize the profits, socialize the costs'.
• Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
  An appropriate response to a company asking anyone to share anything is asking for revenue share.
  • taneq 5y ago
    I mean we're sharing things, after all. It only seems fair.