[cornholio]

The government takes care of that need by regulating tha labour market and shifting the burden onto the private sector, which in turn passes it over to the consumers through prices. It's a functional system more than a century old that is politically feasible today, unlike most UBI proposals. So until we can have superior alternatives in place, companies aren't really free to "disrupt" that social model.

[lotsofpulp]

The government is clearly not taking care of that by regulating the labor market, given the difficult it has in classifying “gig work”.

For example

> The fundamental feature of freelance work is that you get your own customers and you are not dependent on a market maker who cuts you in.

Are electrical/plumbing/painting/etc subcontractors hired by a general contractors freelancing?