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How Uber Profits Even When Its Drivers Aren't Earning Money (vice.com)

Posted by timothy on from the na-und? dept.

tedlistens writes: Jay Cassano spoke to Uber drivers about "dead miles" and what work means when your boss is an algorithm, and considers a new frontier of labor concerns and big data. "Uber is the closest thing to an employer we've ever seen in this industry," Bhairavi Desai, founder of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, told him. "They not only direct every aspect of a driver's workday, they also profit off the entire day through data collection, not just the 'sale of a product.'"

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  1. Title answers itself by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uber makes money because their drivers are often not earning any.

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    I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
  2. Re: New York Taxi Workers' Alliance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Being a large black man on the north side of chicago, the best part about Uber is I don't spend all night watching empty taxi's passing me to pick someone else up.

    This is the number 1 reason I say taxis can eat a dick.