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A review by squirrelfish
Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work by Alex Rosenblat
3.0
So, there's a lot of good information about how Uber works in here. I'd definitely recommend it for an Uber driver, but there's a lot of angst as well. Some of the points are good - how Uber lacks transparency and fails to look out for drivers, even when its super easy like putting in a timer, but also in harder situations like sexual harassment. Some points are a little bit more mixed, such as comparing the taxi industry to Uber/Lyft, with a lot of discussion that really fails to discuss why the taxis share of the market fell so easily. Some points I thought were a more common angst against tech. He discusses pay issues as if it's compared to a 40-hour/week job with benefits, and seems to blame tech/gig jobs for the problem, failing to see that those are increasingly unavailable and unattractive regardless of the state of the gig economy. I do gigs, but not Uber or Lyft specifically, so I was aware of some of the stuff, but this did give me more information. The interviews with Lyft drivers around North America were some of the better parts - letting you see how drivers are treated by the company and by the riders.
Audiobook read through the SF Public Library and the Libby app.
Audiobook read through the SF Public Library and the Libby app.