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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/07/2026

Uber runs a kind of cod-Marxist operation where workers are paid according to their desperation, and passengers are gouged according to their ability to pay: pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/s... 37/

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Pluralistic: The cod-Marxism of personalized pricing; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 3) (11 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/07/2026

This works so well (for Uber) that Uber has launched a side hustle selling algorithmic pricing and algorithmic wage discrimination systems to companies in other sectors, so expect this arrangement to infect ever-wider swathes of the economy: investor.uber.com/news-events/... 38/

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Uber Expands AI Data Platform to Power Next-Gen Enterprise and AI Lab Needs

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced a major expansion of its AI data services business, Uber AI Solutions , making its technology platform available to support AI labs and enterprises...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/07/2026

(And this is neither here nor there, but holy shit, is Uber's investor relations site *seriously* serving *ASPX pages* in *2026*?! Hey Khosrowshahi, the DOJ called and it wants its Clinton-era antitrust evidence back!) 39/

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