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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ses1984 on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:13AM (#37088308)
Did anyone get my consent before burning coal and spewing toxic gas into the atmosphere?

Did anyone get my consent before pulling all the fish out of the ocean?

Did anyone get my consent before dumping toxic chemicals into the river that runs through my backyard?

Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by thegrimmest on Friday August 11, 2023 @12:05PM (#37090264)
These are are problems of the commons[1], and do need governance. They don't however represent direct interactions between people (unlike say employment or sex) and so consent isn't really in-scope here.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons

Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ses1984 on Saturday August 12, 2023 @09:43AM (#37100073)
Then let’s consider algorithmic driven gig work as a new type of problem of the commons.

At one point damage to the environment wasn’t considered a problem of the commons.

Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by thegrimmest on Sunday August 13, 2023 @02:37PM (#37112769)
It's not though, it's simply another option in the market. More options are always better than fewer. No one is forcing anyone to take these gigs, and the relationship between gig provider and worker is frankly none of anyone else's business so long as it's consensual. There is none of your air or water being contaminated.
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ses1984 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @04:04PM (#37113827)
Well we disagree about what consent means, among a lot of other things.
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by thegrimmest on Sunday August 13, 2023 @10:19PM (#37116754)
I'm just using the common definition, as applied to personal/romantic/sexual relationships. I even linked a video that quite clearly explains the definition.
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ses1984 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @07:21AM (#37132544)
Ok, the video doesn’t seem to cover whether children can give consent, and you said they can’t, so what’s missing?
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by thegrimmest on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @10:07AM (#37134205)
The legal system that decides when we can give consent (when we become adults, the age of majority) and when we can't (legal incompetence ruled by a court of law).
Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by ses1984 on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @10:38PM (#37156503)
But you just accept the legal system? What’s the basis? What if it gig work was outlawed?