LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their datarestofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down14
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkThe startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their datarestofworld.orgLemmyQuest@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarecircuscriticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-23 months agoI refuse to believe that any data they harvest from gig workers will come close to covering their overhead costs, much less generate a profit. I absolutely believe that the founders will make out like bandits before this is either acquired by a bigger dumber company, or shuttered.
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s probably more about the data they can get about the people the gig workers are working for.
I refuse to believe that any data they harvest from gig workers will come close to covering their overhead costs, much less generate a profit.
I absolutely believe that the founders will make out like bandits before this is either acquired by a bigger dumber company, or shuttered.
It’s probably more about the data they can get about the people the gig workers are working for.