Analysis: consumers spent $259.1B on Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash in 2024, up 19% from $218.5B in 2023, with $162.8B on Uber, $80.2B on DoorDash, and $16.1B on Lyft
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Analysis: consumers spent $259.1B on Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash in 2024, up from $218.5B in 2023, with $162.8B on Uber, $80.2B on DoorDash, and $16.1B on Lyft
Lyft and DoorDash just reported their first years with net profits. Instacart is likely next. — For a long time …
A report finds over 50 US gig workers were murdered while working since 2017; the families say Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others offer little support
A look at some of the apps used by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers to increase earnings, like Gridwise, which collates drivers' earnings across platforms
Adoption of apps to track pay, events and dispute complaints is soaring amid patchwork of regulatory efforts Tweets: @wsj Tweets: @wsj : Gig workers for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and more, are adopting add...
US Labor Secretary says “in a lot of cases” gig workers should be classified as employees; shares of Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash fell sharply afterwards
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Substack's decision to pay certain writers to write on the platform is an editorial one as leaders decide what kind of writing they want to support
and do this instead Tweets: @annaleen : Here's why Substack's scam worked so well. They paid a secret group of writers to make newsletters seem lucrative. In my newsletter this week, I talk about how ...
How a law professor became the target of posts on conservative sites, social media harassment, and PR firms hired by gig economy companies, for supporting AB5
Labor activists are targeted in a social media campaign as gig economy companies spend millions to prevent workers from becoming employees. Tweets: @darakerr , @aaschapiro , @deaneckles , @gigworkersr...
Checkr, a background check engine for Uber, Lyft, and others, has faced ~80 lawsuits since 2015 for erroneous checks that severely disrupted gig worker incomes
Issie Lapowsky / protocol : Tweets: @issielapowsky , @justinbrookman , @issielapowsky , @demianbulwa , @gbrotman , @gigworkersrise , @issielapowsky , and @issielapowsky Tweets: Issie Lapowsky / @issi...
After CA passed AB5, a driver group launches a ballot measure to keep gig workers classified as contractors; Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash pledged $90M to defeat AB5
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Facebook announces an independent consortium, Libra Association, with 28 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, Coinbase, and others
You don't have to have a Facebook account to use Libra. — That's the hands-off approach the social media giant is working toward …