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Uber and Lyft blocked drivers from working to save money.

Ride share drivers in New York are guaranteed a minimum wage — but Uber and Lyft gamed the law by locking drivers out of the app, making it impossible for them to earn more, a Bloomberg investigation found.

Bloomberg collected more than 7,000 screenshots of lockouts and estimated how much the companies could save using the lockout tactic.

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