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I think your point could be rephrased around the business model being to turn jobs into low skill jobs (basically by removing any human agency) so that labor be

I think your point could be rephrased around the business model being to turn jobs into low skill jobs (basically by removing any human agency) so that labor becomes a pure commodity. Uber is the closest I've seen to that I'm practice. I suspect some warehouse jobs are like that too. Most of the time it doesn't work, which is why Uber for X never really caught on, because you can't commodify e.g. a handyman the way you can a car ride

ghaff 4y ago
Driving at least in the same universe as competent is something that most adults need to be able to do for other reasons so Uber (sort of) works. And the product is pretty standardized--get me from A to B which is so far/so long. Most handyman--much less general contractor--tasks are a lot more variable and I even have some issues with my lawn guy once I get beyond the contracted every two week mow.