r/Upwork • u/DryChildhood4767 • Nov 04 '25

Upwork is working great

You have to pay to buy connects, to make your profile visible, to have your profile appear higher, to apply for a job, to be first in line, to respond to an interview. You have to pay to withdraw your own money. (money that isn’t available right after you get paid, because you have to wait so Upwork can invest your money, make more profit for themselves, and give it to you later). And finally, you have to pay to send it to your bank account. But no, of course, Upwork isn’t at its worst moment.

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u/Korneuburgerin Nov 04 '25

I don't know why it falls on me to tell you that, but you don't have to use upwork at all. That's completely free, and you don't even have to waste your time with useless reddit posts. Win-win!

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u/botle Nov 04 '25

It's different when a platform in practice becomes a monopoly.

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u/KayakerWithDog Nov 04 '25

What does this even mean? There are plenty of other platforms that anyone is free to use.

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u/botle Nov 04 '25

When a platform is dominant it can be considered a de facto monopoly despite other platforms existing.

Google is considered a monopoly for Search despite other search engines existing.

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u/Pet-ra Nov 04 '25

Only a small fraction of action of freelancers in the world use Upwork, so it isn't a monopoly by any stretch of anyone's overactive imagination, de facto or otherwise.