By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Surveillance pricing is also used to determine how much you get paid; when that happens, we call it "algorithmic wage discrimination." 15/ 1242
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Gig platforms like Uber use surveillance data about their drivers to predict which workers are most desperate, and those drivers are offered *less* money per mile and per hour, because a desperate worker will take whatever is on offer. 16/ 13413
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Gig work apps for health-care do the same thing to nurses: pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/l... 17/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app (17 Dec 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1170
