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I can see it working in New York City (and closer denser areas) but these platforms operate in the broader US and other markets (which can have now laws influen

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  Adopted nationally, this would absolutely kill the platforms as well as a number of restaurants. This law is particular to New York, whose density both makes it work and raises living costs.
  • klyrs 3y ago
    Nobody forced them to use this business model. If it isn't profitable without exploiting workers, it was a bad idea to begin with.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > If it isn't profitable without exploiting workers There are two classes of gig workers whose interests are at odds: the ersatz full time and true part time. The former, whom worker rights activists highlight, is being exploited. The latter, which companies like to talk about, benefit from a high-flexibility additional source of income. The ratio of the former to the latter increases with density; there is more work to fill the hours. Below a certain level of density, the former cannot exist. It’s absolutely possible that the optimum for New York is not the same as in rural Kentucky, where outlawing the odd job an otherwise stay-at-home parent takes to earn extra cash does more harm than good.