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I remember when 'gig economy' first was talked about, it was about professional type digital nomad type stuff .... but when I think of it now it's just a bunch of folks delivering food and driving people around.


I think it’s because early adopters had success (same with things funded via Patreon) and then the resulting bandwagon and influx of labor competition made it a race to the bottom.




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