The "gig economy" means goodbye to the 8-hour work day, pensions, medical benefits, unemployment insurance, and coverage for accidents at work. And goodbye even to the minimum wage.

We can call it the universal sweatshop, with a large fraction of the income going to the parasites that own the platforms.

Some of the systems that helped full-time workers need to be redesigned to fit independent workers. However, beside that, we should use our democracy to make all the platforms treat workers decently.