[pfortuny]

Read Dickens to get an idea of what human beings can “accept” to make a “living” for their families.

[conductr]

I think optionality is a key difference. In Dickens' day, every job was a factory job and they all sucked. I'm pretty sure Deliveroo riders have other min wage options if they disagree with how Deliveroo wants to run it's business. Not to say that I fully agree with Deliveroo's choices if they are represented correctly, but I do agree with their ability to make those choices

[pitaj]

Yet more and more people kept moving into cities because the factory jobs that "all sucked" were better than subsistence farming.

[jeffreyrogers]

The world is quite different now than in Dickens's time. Even in less progressive countries like the US.