Maybe I'm jaded, but it seems so much about the tech industry is just about getting around labour laws and making people work for orders of magnitudes less than their real worth (^). Uber, Lyft, AirBnb, Udemy, Stackoverflow, OnlyFans, YouTube, Reddit, Quora... It's all about getting you to give your best stuff for free or as cheap as possible. At best you get internet points.
^ - Worth in the Marxist sense, the intrinsic value of something, not the purchase price of the current highest bidder.
^ - Worth in the Marxist sense, the intrinsic value of something, not the purchase price of the current highest bidder.