I don't actually understand the controversy assuming these policies are transparent to the worker. "Tipped wage" for service staff is nothing new (https://en.wi

I don't actually understand the controversy assuming these policies are transparent to the worker. "Tipped wage" for service staff is nothing new (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage). A lot of states have a much lower "Minimum tipped wage" that, combined with tips, must equal the "minimum wage" or higher. If I'm reading this correctly, Instacart's pricing algorithm didn't even set a "minimum tipped wage" (i.e. say $1/job), which agree does not make sense, but having a "minimum tipped wage" per job and then another guarantee above that including tips is, again, not new. If we want to review, as a society, whether customers should be subsidizing wages for service jobs, then that should be a much larger conversation to be had.