“The One Who Always Loses Is the Driver”: This Is How Immigrants Who Work with Apps Survive

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While he worked carrying passengers for Lyft, Elias went out to drive without knowing how much money he would earn. He had two options: to set the goal of doing eight hours and settling for whatever he had earned at that time, or to set the goal of raising, for example, 100 dollars during the day, no matter how many hours it would take him. He had no guarantee. Neither salary, nor medical insurance, nor accident protection. And less than he woul…