Zane SelvansApr 29, 2023

The ecosystem of tuyul apps and community organizing done by Indonesian rideshare & delivery workers is pretty awesome.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/21/1050381/the-gig-workers-fighting-back-against-the-algorithms/

The gig workers fighting back against the algorithms

In Jakarta, ride-hailing giant Gojek’s fleet of motorbike taxi drivers are building worker power through worker community.

MIT Technology Review
Show threadZane SelvansApr 29, 2023

Another piece looking at the gray-market apps in particular:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvpng/delivery-drivers-are-using-grey-market-apps-to-make-their-jobs-suck-less

Delivery Drivers Are Using Grey Market Apps to Make Their Jobs Suck Less

In Indonesia, unofficial apps let delivery drivers filter orders and spoof their GPS location to beat the algorithms at their own game.

Show threadZane Selvans

A bigger collection of pieces about "AI Colonialism" from MIT Tech Review:

https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-colonialism-supertopic

An MIT Technology Review Series: AI Colonialism

An investigation into how AI is enriching a powerful few by dispossessing communities that have been dispossessed before.

MIT Technology Review
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Show threadZane SelvansApr 29, 2023

Some thoughts from @doctorow on #Gojek and the #tuyul app ecosystem:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/08/tuyul-apps/#gojek

Pluralistic: 08 Jul 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadZane SelvansApr 29, 2023

And some more general thoughts on algorithmic wage discrimination in the gig economy:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/

Pluralistic: Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes (12 Apr 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow