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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: 2) by dry on Thursday November 21 2019, @06:37AM (3 children)

    by dry (223) on Thursday November 21 2019, @06:37AM (#922886) Journal

    Breaking the law can result in legal consequences? Even at that, there are lots of people willing to sell drugs as a part of the gig economy.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 21 2019, @04:16PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 21 2019, @04:16PM (#923023) Journal

    Breaking the law can result in legal consequences? Even at that, there are lots of people willing to sell drugs as a part of the gig economy.

    What's the abuse that's due to the gig activity being a gig? For example, in the US, the laws that make selling drugs illegal with all kinds of creative and often illegal (in particular, civil asset forfeiture) are the problem not the gig nature of drug dealing.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Saturday November 23 2019, @05:20AM (1 child)

      by dry (223) on Saturday November 23 2019, @05:20AM (#923696) Journal

      People operating as taxi's without the correct professional drivers licensing and the resultant lack of insurance so that even if the driver is not at fault, the driver and passengers may not be covered. Even in those cases where the driver does have a drivers license for driving a small bus/taxi, there's a good chance they haven't the proper insurance.

      The problem with the drug dealing gig economy is the lack of quality control leading to thousands of deaths, mostly due to people being poisoned by not getting the advertised product.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 23 2019, @01:06PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 23 2019, @01:06PM (#923803) Journal
        Insurance is easily addressed by getting said insurance. And most places don't require nor have a need to require a professional drivers license.

        The problem with the drug dealing gig economy is the lack of quality control leading to thousands of deaths

        Outlawed markets aren't regulated markets.