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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by TeMPOraL on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:22AM (#18863453)
Yup.

I always found the narration of Uber the Underdog going against the Evil Taxi Mafia to be funny. In reality, the only mafia-like player in this story is Uber - the multinational corporation that fights against multitude of small local players.

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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by ratman on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:10AM (#18864132)
Except in the real reality there are a lot of Taxi companies run buy real organized crime for the purpose of laundering money...

But yeah, I guess both your narrative and the one you counter are equally detached from the real reality

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Re:How Estimates of the Gig Economy Went Wrong by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:21AM (#18864474)
>Except in the real reality there are a lot of Taxi companies run buy real organized crime for the purpose of laundering money...

So? The fact that the business might by people using it as a front for money laundering is immaterial because it does not affect how they do business, how they treat customers or how they treat employees. Letting your money laundering workflow impact your business is how you get caught laundering money.

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