What's the alternative, getting rid of the only jobs that are flexible enough for people that have constraints? Not everyone can work part time or full time, that's the point being made all over the thread. The freshly-arrived immigrant is just one example. There's other examples in the thread, and I know people that do it around their kids' schedule to supplement their income, that use it as a side-job so they have funds to start their business or fund a hobby, etc.

One can stay here debating all along why people get to those situations in the first place, and that normal jobs shouldn't require extra work, or that immigrants should be able to find easy "normal" jobs etc, but the point stands for me that a world where I can pick from three options (full-time, part-time, gig) is better than a world where I can only pick from two.

That being said, I'm supportive of more regulation around gig-work to protect gig-workers, but that regulation needs to be specific to gig work and not just force it to disappear outright. A gig-worker shouldn't be able to be kicked out without explanation, there should be recourse for customer ratings, they should be covered by some kind of global insurance, etc, but these things will need to be tweaked to this new reality instead of us pretending like there aren't many many people around the world that prefer this work arrangement.