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Re:SoftBank’s losses reveal Masayoshi Son’s broken business ... by guhidalg on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:19AM (#32637278)
Drivers have no better option. It's easy to blame them as if they had the myriad employment options software engineers do. They don't, and the opportunity/operational cost of gig-work is not obvious or easy to overlook when you need to put food on the table tonight.
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Re:SoftBank’s losses reveal Masayoshi Son’s broken business ... by sokoloff on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:26AM (#32637315)
If DoorDash represents the drivers’ best option, it seems to me that we should be at least somewhat supportive of the arrangement they voluntarily enter into.

Taking away the drivers’ best option is, as you observe, not likely to leave them better off.

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