we might better call it the “hustle economy:” an online labor market in which platform-dependent workers create and monetize their own digital products. Like Uber drivers or Instacart shoppers, workers in the hustle economy need a platform to succeed. But their work is individualized, self-directed, and on their own schedule — one “creator” can’t substitute for another.
This was an interesting viewpoint on the coined 'passion economy' and how we are better off calling it the hustle economy. It gave applicable examples of individuals who have recently subscribed to the latest SaaS platforms and their relationships to it/what it is they are monetizing.
The question then came back to who is truly in charge... the platform or the individual?
It is an interesting question, however, as long as these platforms aren't charging ridiculous %'s of individual creators revenue.. I would deem the creators in charge.
Tech investors have dubbed this the “passion economy,” a place where anyone can profit doing what she loves. But because that term risks both exaggerating the payoffs of this work and obscuring its ties to the gig economy, the last great labor “disruption,” we might better call it the “hustle economy:” an online labor market in which platform-dependent workers create and monetize their own digital products.
This was an interesting viewpoint on the coined 'passion economy' and how we are better off calling it the hustle economy. It gave applicable examples of individuals who have recently subscribed to the latest SaaS platforms and their relationships to it/what it is they are monetizing.
The question then came back to who is truly in charge... the platform or the individual?
It is an interesting question, however, as long as these platforms aren't charging ridiculous %'s of individual creators revenue.. I would deem the creators in charge.