2026-07-13 11:45 UTC
“#Uber has perfected a system of algorithmic pricing that allows it to dangle just enough money in front of drivers to maximize their number on the road, irrespective of how many riders are looking for cars. The fact that they have all the information (while drivers have none) allows them to extract vast amounts of totally unpaid labor from those drivers. And then, once a passenger gets in the car, Uber's informational systems let it pay that driver the absolute minimum they will accept for the ride.”
@pluralistic@mamot.fr
https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/
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@Ralph@hear-me.social 2026-07-13 14:10
@eliasulrich@hachyderm.io @pluralistic@mamot.fr They and other gig-employer also pay their drivers using a 'reverse' transaction, which avoids taxes. Or, at least they did when I worked IT for a credit union a few years ago. That loophole may have been plugged.