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Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy's Exploitation

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 20 2019, @09:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the routing-around-damage dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

What would happen if low-wage workers came together to cut out the middleman and build their own platforms? This isn't just a thought experiment. Worker-owned apps are already providing real alternatives to dismal working conditions in the global gig economy.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa75a8/worker-owned-apps-are-trying-to-fix-the-gig-economys-exploitation

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @08:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @08:15PM (#922577)

    When I've asked you needed to memorize the streets. Also, etc includes being expected to make a certain amount of money per week, etc.

    That whole "The Knowledge" [wikipedia.org] thing is just in London AFAIK.

    Everywhere else, it's GPS all day every day. And the passengers usually know better than the drivers.

    As for the money, one *is* required to make a certain amount of money -- so they can pay for food, rent, etc.

    Yeah. People laugh at you a lot.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @08:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @08:43PM (#922595)

    Well you know wrong. Go ask a cabbie sometime.

    And what is this "people laugh at you" thing? It sounds like the projections of someone with low self esteem.