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Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on April 12, 2023July 30, 2023Categories UncategorizedTags algorithmic wage discrimination, ants vs pickers, app boss, App Drivers and Couriers Union, brian merchant, casinoization, ccpa, cottage industry, countertwiddling, doordash, enshittification, gamblification, gdpr, giant teddy bears, great resignation, labor, moral economy, para, reverse centaurs, scholarship, shitty technology adoption curve, skinner boxes, steampunk, taylorism, taylorization, tuyul, twiddler, Veena Dubal, wage discrimination

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