Is Upwork's monopoly cracking down on scammers?

Question

Freelance

In today's letter:
- Professionals and clients may not request or share contact information before the start of the contract.
- Users must conduct all pre-contract conversations (aka interviews) through the Upwork platform.

Or for freelancers?

Answer 1

For me, this is great news!
There will be fewer white people and cunning clients.

Answer 2

Another greedy huckster. Have they already implemented voice or video communication on their service?

Answer 3

It's always been like this, I even got a couple of warnings for it at the time.

Answer 4

On fl.ru, this was done 100 years ago. All for the sake of a percentage of the transaction.
You can understand both sides, there is no right answer here.