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   aspragg (aspragg@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 09:46:11 JST aspragg

   • Cory Doctorow
   • d2718

   @d2718 @pluralistic Heh, the section that struck me right between the eyes hardest was the very next paragraph:

   > The techbro's overwhelming conceit is that nothing is a crime, so long as you do it with an app. Just as fintech is designed to be a bank that's exempt from banking regulations, the gig economy is meant to be a workplace that's exempt from labor law.

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     Dr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶 (a_cubed@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 10:19:46 JST Dr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • d2718

     @aspragg @pluralistic @d2718
     I've been teaching this for years in my ECommerce course. For example, Uber/Lyft are just unlicensed private hire cars, not an innovation.

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 06:30:15 JST Robert Link

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     • d2718
     • Dr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶

     @a_cubed @aspragg @pluralistic @d2718 Yes and no. There is an underlying reality of "connector app" letting a pool of drivers find a pool of passengers, a sort of match-dot-com rather than an employment relationship.

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     Dr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶 (a_cubed@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 07:23:22 JST Dr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶

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     • Robert Link
     • d2718

     @phaedral @aspragg @pluralistic @d2718 This is exactly the same as many private hire operatipns in the UK, except the drivers and cars ,usy be licensed and insured properly. the firms used to be call centers/radio dispatvhers and ate now app based for drivers and often for passengers, too.