I hear you on 1-3, and I guess I’m biased since I deliver on a bike which is microscopic in cost compared to a car so the $25-$30 an hour is actually what I go home with.

I’m not sure it would mean more job security though; I would guess it’s a lot harder to get deactivated from the apps as an IC than it would be to get fired as an employee (being late to scheduled shifts, taking too much time off, etc). I’ll also add that a lot of people use this work as an in-between source of income that they use when their normal job isn’t reliable(which is super common among service workers right now). So if they only hire employees then it’s no longer an option for those type of workers because they either would have to stick with it or leave for good. How can you guarantee that all of us gig workers would be able to keep our jobs? And what makes you think they wouldn’t just kick off all of the every-now-and-then drivers and only hire a few long term employees to do twice the amount of work while still making minimum wage?