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Re:As YouTube traffic soars, YouTubers say pay is plummeting by ewidar on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:11AM (#22865444)
> Cooking is more expensive because food delivery is expensive

No, eating out is more expensive. Cooking is just as cheap as before.

Re:As YouTube traffic soars, YouTubers say pay is plummeting by vikramkr on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:17AM (#22865520)
Depends on where you are. I've got to pay an extra 8 to 18 bucks a shipment to get things shipped via instacart or whatever, and nothing is ever in stock. Things I stocked up on are cheaper, otherwise I'm overpaying for all delivered groceries here in New York. Parts of the country hit by the pandemic are not having a fun time. Everything is more expensive
Re:As YouTube traffic soars, YouTubers say pay is plummeting by tekromancr on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:12PM (#22868543)
If you or people in your household aren't immunocompromised or in high-risk groups, you can still put your gloves and mask on and go get groceries. I live in NYC and can assure you that that is still an option. It's not totally risk-free, but the fact that stores are letting fewer people in at a time definitely helps mitigate the risk a lot.

If you are at-risk, there are huge groups doing mutual aid all across the city on a volunteer basis that are more than happy to do grocery runs for you. I'm in a slack group for Bed Stuy and I am seeing requests come in and get delivered all day long.

The idea that you need to rely on SV companies like Amazon or Instacart to bring you groceries is madness.