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The startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their data (restofworld.org)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I refuse to believe that any data they harvest from gig workers will come close to covering their overhead costs, much less generate a profit.

I absolutely believe that the founders will make out like bandits before this is either acquired by a bigger dumber company, or shuttered.