It seems really strange to me that Cory Doctorow is using Medium as a blog.
I think the source post for this is at https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/05/a-lousy-taxi#a-giant-aste...
I knew I read this before after reaching the 3rd or 4th paragraph, but I couldn't find the original link.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32374334
That other post has a Hacker News post on it already, with a big discussion thread.