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The model works if you decrease the platform's cut. IMO, it would be neat to see a government provided "gig brokerage" of sorts that handles the dispatch of th

The model works if you decrease the platform's cut. IMO, it would be neat to see a government provided "gig brokerage" of sorts that handles the dispatch of things like this (even including long haul delivery, maybe even a mechanical turk equivalent). When the service is ultimately provided by a contractor, what's the point of having middlemen compete?

jwsteigerwalt 2y ago
A government solution will surely work.
- thrill 2y ago
  And it's free money!
chrisan 2y ago
You'd also need customer service to handle all the problems
ssl-3 2y ago
The market is still pretty wide-open for a service that offers rapid, random delivery services and that takes a very small cut. Any of us are free to start such a thing right now, if they wish to spend the time putting it together and running it. (But even as a socialist, I think that this is approximately the last thing that the government should be in the middle of.)
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  > The market is still pretty wide-open for a service that offers rapid, random delivery services and that takes a very small cut. Remember to factor in investors' motivation to extract capital above all else. Short term profit taking is an invisible fist.
- eurleif 2y ago
  The "random" part was made illegal in California in 2020: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2149 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... And in Florida in 2024: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/676 https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/676 (Probably also illegal in some other states, but those are the two I'm aware of off the top of my head.) I remember Postmates used to be able to deliver from any restaurant or store in your local area. Those were the days.
  - ssl-3 2y ago
    There's still 48 other states. How big of a thing must it be?

jwsteigerwalt 2y ago

A government solution will surely work.

thrill 2y ago
And it's free money!

chrisan 2y ago

You'd also need customer service to handle all the problems

ssl-3 2y ago

The market is still pretty wide-open for a service that offers rapid, random delivery services and that takes a very small cut. Any of us are free to start such a thing right now, if they wish to spend the time putting it together and running it. (But even as a socialist, I think that this is approximately the last thing that the government should be in the middle of.)

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> The market is still pretty wide-open for a service that offers rapid, random delivery services and that takes a very small cut. Remember to factor in investors' motivation to extract capital above all else. Short term profit taking is an invisible fist.
eurleif 2y ago
The "random" part was made illegal in California in 2020: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2149 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... And in Florida in 2024: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/676 https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/676 (Probably also illegal in some other states, but those are the two I'm aware of off the top of my head.) I remember Postmates used to be able to deliver from any restaurant or store in your local area. Those were the days.
- ssl-3 2y ago
  There's still 48 other states. How big of a thing must it be?