Pluralistic: When the app tries to make you robo-scab (30 July 2023)

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When the app turns you into a robo-scab: The implacable, inarguable tactics of disciplinary technology.
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Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023)

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Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes: Twiddled to death through algorithmic wage discrimination.
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