[quomopete]

I am a little unclear on what the editorial bent of this is. Are they trying to use this as another way to say that Amazon unfairly compensates workers?

If so, it seems like a cheap target. I've always known mechanical turk as a way to get dead stupid tasks done by people, but not as a way to earn a living.

How much should someone be compensated to do something so simple? At will? I don't understand. MT has been around for a while, this isn't some new sinister plot to undermine the workers of the world.

I also have seen some people who employ workers through MT support a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. It's up to the person deploying the task, not Amazon.