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The most evil thing I heard was companies like Doordash and Uber buying up data on who has credit card debt, so they know which driver is more desperate for cas
by fragmede 3mo ago
The most evil thing I heard was companies like Doordash and Uber buying up data on who has credit card debt, so they know which driver is more desperate for cash, so they can low-ball them and give them a worse offer because they're more likely to take it because they're desperate for it.
- weird-eye-issue 3mo agoWow that's terrible but also pretty smart...
- frenchtoast8 3mo agoWhere is the proof of any of this? There are too many conspiracy theories about gig work. There was a similar post on HN a few months back[1] based on some anonymous vagueposter on Reddit, again without evidence. Would I be surprised if this is true? Of course not. Should we just start believing random things without any critical thinking? No. ^1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461563
- fragmede 3mo agohttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
- bryan_w 3mo agoYou fell for some kid's story and should feel bad for repeating it unsubstantiated.
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