[TheAlchemist]

This is really good. Quite a lot of 'disruptive' business lately are actually just going around the laws, and sometimes borderline exploiting people.

From my experience, in big cities, Deliveroo and similar apps riders are mostly half legal young immigrants not realizing (at first) that they are being exploited and that they take quite some work risks without any coverage at all. But hey, at least we can have a Big Mac delivered to one's door for almost nothing.

[pkaye]

That is something the government could fix by requiring these companies to check the applicants are permitted in the country through some government supplied means.

[cwalv]

What is a 'half legal' immigrant?

[rblatz]

Likely in the country legally, but not on a visa that allows them to work in the country.

[searealist]

You really think Uber's success was simply "just going around the laws"?

[djbusby]

They were, here's a starter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Ub...

[searealist]

There is a "just" word in my question you decided to ignore.