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Guan Leiming

Technical Director | Java

The hidden connection between antitrust of technology giants and flexible employment

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Let’s first look at the US tech giants. Google was found to have violated antitrust laws by paying operating system operators to make their search engines the default setting. This ruling reveals the means that tech giants use to seek advantages in market competition, and also reflects the importance and necessity of market supervision.

At the same time, part-time development work as a flexible way of employment is quietly changing the employment market. It provides developers with more opportunities and choices, no longer limited to the traditional full-time work model.

Part-time developers can use their professional skills to showcase their talents in different projects. This flexibility allows them to better balance work and life, choose projects based on their interests and schedule, and maximize their self-worth.

However, part-time developers are not always smooth sailing. Lack of stable income, project uncertainty, and possible legal risks all pose certain challenges to part-time developers.

Compared with the antitrust cases of technology giants, part-time developers take on smaller jobs, but they are also subject to market rules and laws and regulations. In a highly competitive market environment, part-time developers need to abide by industry norms and ensure that their work is legal and compliant.

From a more macro perspective, the antitrust actions of technology giants help create a fairer and more open market environment, which is also good for part-time developers. A fair competition environment can encourage more companies and projects to seek external development resources, thereby providing more opportunities for part-time developers.

In addition, the continuous development of technology has also created more possibilities for part-time developers to take on work. The popularity of cloud computing, open source technology, and the improvement of remote collaboration tools have enabled part-time developers to participate in various projects more conveniently, without being restricted by location and time.

In short, although the antitrust rulings of technology giants and part-time development work are at different levels, they influence and are interrelated on the big stage of the market. We should look at these two phenomena with an open and rational attitude, make full use of the opportunities they bring, and deal with the challenges therein.

2024-08-07