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The article argues pretty strongly that Uber is a horrible company, which isn't really news to anyone. I'm missing, though, the leap from that argument to the i
by eykanal 12y ago
The article argues pretty strongly that Uber is a horrible company, which isn't really news to anyone. I'm missing, though, the leap from that argument to the idea that (quoting the article tagline) "Sharing economy companies like Uber shift risk from corporations to workers, weaken labor protections, and drive down wages." There are numerous other examples (Lyft, TaskRabbit, JobRunners, even Amazon's Mechanical Turk) where this model seems to work pretty well.
- pessimizer 12y ago>There are numerous other examples (Lyft, TaskRabbit, JobRunners, even Amazon's Mechanical Turk) where this model seems to work pretty well. ...by shifting risk from corporations to workers, weakening labor protections, and driving down wages. This article isn't about how to maximize profit, it's about how profit is being maximized.