Amazon Made Its Humans-For-Hire More Expensive, and Scientists are Angry
Amazon ’s Mechanical Turk is a slightly bizarre service that outsources simple-minded , repetitive tasks to unknown on the net , often for laughably tiny sums of money . It ’s democratic among scientists as a way to carry out enquiry ; but latterly , Amazon tweaked its pricing in a by all odds science - hostile fashion . The price increases , due to go into effect on July 21st , are meaning — Amazon ’s cut for every dealing is going up , from 10 to 20 per centum ....