🚗💼 Our latest article in PLoS One dives into the ride-sourcing world. Platforms like Uber and Lyft hire drivers as independent contractors, offering flexible schedules but often resulting in low pay and poor working conditions. ⚖️ Minimum wage rules can boost drivers’ incomes, but they may also raise fares for passengers and threaten platform survival. Implementing a “lockout” strategy increases platform profits and some drivers’ earnings, yet many lose their jobs and service quality for passengers drops—highlighting the complex trade-offs in regulating ride-sourcing markets. Now available in open access