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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by jfoutz on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:06AM (#18863127)
It seems like you're leaving out a bit about information asymmetry. maybe multi billon dollar companies don't have any extra facts that aren't available to somebody in the 'gig economy' but this [1] keeps ringing a bell.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons

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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by thatoneuser on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:43AM (#18863278)
Oh totally. Hell, lyft and Uber straight up withhold information for the explicit purpose of coaxing workers to do work they wouldn’t otherwise do.
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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by ithinkinstereo on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:14AM (#18863418)
A hallmark of a scam is unnecessary obfuscation and complexity in the business model (i.e., how you get paid).
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