My impression has been that this has always been the modus operandi for the gig economy. The disruption is pretty much always based on skirting around all the regulations, taxes and labour laws of the "traditional" economy and making large profits (although they don't even manage that) for the shareholders/investors and push all costs onto society.<p>I mean by not paying VAT they essentially get 20%"discount" compared to all other providers, or is it the drivers who have to pay VAT?