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When platform dependency traps workers in exploitative conditions

My delivery driver job pays less each year as the app takes a bigger percentage, but I cannot quit because I need health insurance for my diabetic son.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Essential benefits become leverage for platforms to extract increasing value from dependent workers.

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