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I find it fascinating that the gig economy makes sense. Business 101 is to find economies of scale. In the taxi business, cars are purchased in blocks, maintena
by thehappypm 5y ago
I find it fascinating that the gig economy makes sense. Business 101 is to find economies of scale. In the taxi business, cars are purchased in blocks, maintenance is centralized (and easy since the cars are all the same), gas prices are negotiated, insurance is negotiated. The gig economy pushes all those costs to the driver, who has to buy market rate gas, pay a high market rate for individual insurance, pay Joe the Scammer for repairs...
- lallysingh 5y agoPush all your business risk to the least sophisticated party. Simple.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThere are a few variants of the gig economy concept. Most seem to be inherently flawed and oppressive. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/what-the-creator-economy-promises-and-what-it-actually-does https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/what-the-c... (a current HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28209323 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28209323) Onlyfans average earnings: https://xsrus.com/the-economics-of-onlyfans https://xsrus.com/the-economics-of-onlyfans (discussion 9 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28105011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28105011)