[bobthepanda]

To add onto the other point about American apps stealing tip: the problem is that DoorDash and some other apps were deducting tips from base pay for deliveries, so that even if you tipped the driver would be paid the same amount. https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703434/delivery-app-tip...

This is part of the reason why there's this whole struggle to define what exactly the gig-economy worker contract is supposed to look like, because they're not paid hourly and it's often net negative for full-timers, who do exist.

Also to clarify a point made in the article; this is not the equivalent to a tipped wage. With a tip wage you already know what your base pay is up front, and tips are additive; what DoorDash was doing was deducting tip from some set base pay. Fortunately I live in a state that does not differentiate tipped and regular wage.