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We Put 7 Uber Drivers in One Room. What We Found Will Shock You.
We put 7 Uber & Lyft drivers in one room and had them open their apps.
We found Uber paying different drivers different amounts for the same ride. Lyft too.
It’s proof corporations are using secret algorithms to pay workers less. And all of our jobs could be next.
@AliceMarshall At root, this algorithm is just called "Divide and Conquer". By opposing all consumer/employee facing transparency, they ensure that prices are never really fair and that no human is particularly well served.
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It goes the other direction as well. I was on vacation with a friend who lives in a wealthier zip code than I do. We stood 2 ft apart and ordered Ubers at the exact same time going to the exact same address
I was quoted $45. His price was $80.
@kims @AliceMarshall
This is what we let them break the taxi system for, huh.
disruption my ass.
I guess this is what it takes shit companies to make profitability of mediocrity...
Pure decay.
@AliceMarshall This is why I never use #Uber or #Lyft. It's been obvious for years that these companies are evil.
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The #ChickenizedReverseCentaur business model has been eating (and enshittifying) the world since long before #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic explained it all a few years ago in _The Internet Con_
#enshitifcation #CorruptCapitalism #Kleptocracy
@Ralph058
@AliceMarshall that's already all job. I work in tech and I usually don't pay rise unless I switch company. When I do, I get a percentage of my salary, notified behind closed door. If I start at a lower pay, similar percentage rise means a lower rise. If a colleague is good at haggling, maybe they get a much better rise.
@AliceMarshall Hardly shocking that corporations are cheating and exploiting their workers.
@AliceMarshall The best case scenario outcome from this would be for Uber and Lyft updating their algos to detect drivers in the same room…