Herrum

Don't they have to back these gigantic loans? That might deter people from going to medical school out of fear they're not gonna have what it takes and drop out halfway with huge debt.

Jumping on this conversation a bit: I was recently diagnosed and am still very much in the "what helps?" and "what parts of my personality/habits are connected to this and which aren't?" stage. Do either of you by any chance know a healthy online space to discuss this with others?

I don't think the reasons you are listing are valid at all.

1. If they can game it, they should. If that's a problem, then Shipt should fix their algorithm.

2. It's fine to data wrangle your way to an automated model for e.g. your company's growth projection or for predicting where you can best expand to find more customers. It's not okay to use it to unilaterally change pay agreements with your workers or "contractors".

3. The right of an individual to know what they're getting paid for their work outweighs any company's nebulous claim of its algorithm being a trade secret or something vague like that. Can you imagine businnesses actually operating like this? "You can't know what we'll pay you for this job, its ~~seeeecret~~. Just trust us."