We may have reached peak “gig” economy

Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by saiya-jin on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:19AM (#13579573)

you want to be in highly regulated environment, and pay according price for it? great, you have hotels, hostels and so on.

somebody would like to spend less, be in more welcoming/cozy/more spacious environment, have a kitchen at hand and so on? well there is now an option for those too.

I don't see where the problem lies. just don't take perks from the other 'side' as granted.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by coldpie on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:26AM (#13579634)

Sure, but then we have streets filled with taxis, out-of-towners renting space in areas not built to accommodate them, an increase in sickness due to poor sanitation, people getting scammed or worse by shady drivers or landlords, and so on. These things affect me, too, even if I'm not participating in the service.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by Arizhel on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:22AM (#13580915)

>people getting scammed or worse by shady drivers or landlords

People get scammed by shady taxi drivers and landlords all the time. Regulations don't work. Haven't you heard about all the taxi drivers who don't take credit cards because "the card reader is broken"? I've had this happen many times, and I don't even use taxis very much.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by matz1 on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:34AM (#13579709)

This is expected, no law is perfect for everyone. Less regulation has it problem but also has it benefit.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by evgen on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:15AM (#13580832)

And collectively we get to decide the ratio of problem to benefit we will tolerate. We call those decisions laws...

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