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It's not a scam, its capitalism. Supply and demand 101 with the gig economy.

• whiplash451 4y ago
  I think you’re missing basic customers’ rights in the process.
  • ProAm 4y ago
    Rights? It's room sharing. Not a hotel. Not a business. (I get you but this is the gig economy in a nutshell. If I can make $500 more a night you're damned right you're getting cancelled)
    • SantalBlush 4y ago
      >If I can make $500 more a night you're damned right you're getting cancelled This is what people are taking issue with. Calling it the "gig economy" doesn't explain why people should be fine with it.
      • ProAm 4y ago
        That is 100% what the gig economy is about. Just like 'surge' pricing with Uber/Lyft. These people are renting out their homes, why not make the most money as possible? Is it scummy? Sure. Illegal? It's capitalism. You can't knock someone who can earn a substantial amount more money with THEIR private property.
        • SantalBlush 4y ago
          >You can't knock someone who can earn a substantial amount more money with THEIR private property. Of course you can. That is exactly what people in this thread are doing. >Is it scummy? Sure. Correct. >Illegal? It's capitalism. We are saying if AirBnB doesn't fix this problem, we will take our business elsewhere. That is capitalism. If you're trying to forbid us from threatening to take our business elsewhere, then you are the one who is taking anti-capitalist measures. I don't know why so many people try to reinvent the definition of capitalism to suit their own needs. Capitalism doesn't mean we're supposed to give the "gig economy" some protected status, or whatever you're trying to suggest here.
          • ProAm 4y ago
            > We are saying if AirBnB doesn't fix this problem, we will take our business elsewhere. But you wont. They are now too big. If the tech industry leaves it will just be filled with the rest of the world. Im on your side, I think its scummy. They were a scummy business to start with, skirting laws, subsidized by VC money, just like Lyft, Uber, etc.... However, this is how its done now. The gig economy is an economy built on 'what can I make right now' I dont want them protected. It's just schlepps earning a buck here and now because they cant anywhere else.
            • SantalBlush 4y ago
              >But you wont. I already have, and this demonstrates how much you understand about the situation.
              • ProAm 4y ago
                And yet they are still a monster of a company.
• rchaud 4y ago
  It's a kind of garbage capitalism that will drive business activity down to nothing because buyers and sellers get to a point where neither trusts the other to complete a contract.
  • lovich 4y ago
    Isn’t that all of the US currently? I was in a thread the other day where someone complained that every business in the US is turning into three scams in a trenchcoat, which I thought was an apt description of the times
    • csomar 4y ago
      The US is really a bad example of capitalism (and it's not a real free market either). It doesn't help that it's the US tech companies and culture that are dominating this world; and they are bringing their ugly/stupid dark patterns with them (like not showing the total price and hidden a gazzillion fee that double the price initially shown).
      • sundaeofshock 4y ago
        Some people would say the US is the perfect example of capitalism. Anything for a buck, no regulation, and buyer beware.
• notch656a 4y ago
  Lol, try "cancelling" a free market futures contract when the market doesn't do what you like.