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How algorithmic changes disguise pay cuts

I drive for a delivery app and they changed the algorithm so I make less per hour but they say it gives me more flexibility and control.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Platform capitalism uses technological complexity to obscure wage reductions while claiming to enhance worker autonomy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Labor rights and worker justice?”

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