Uber's argument is that the core of their business is the technology which allows them to act as a two-sided marketplace and logistics company, connecting and routing physical goods and people.
Connecting riders and drivers is one thing which takes advantage of their technology but their are others. Connecting riders and scooters, connecting couriers to restaurants and hungry people, connecting people who want to go to the Hamptons with helicopters, etc.
Uber will argue that it has nothing to do with the driving part and the driving is just one of the many uses of their technology.
The difficult part of that argument will be that they have so many rules and regulations that they place on drivers and rides that's it's hard to argue they're just providing a hands-off matching & logistics service.
Connecting riders and drivers is one thing which takes advantage of their technology but their are others. Connecting riders and scooters, connecting couriers to restaurants and hungry people, connecting people who want to go to the Hamptons with helicopters, etc.
Uber will argue that it has nothing to do with the driving part and the driving is just one of the many uses of their technology.
The difficult part of that argument will be that they have so many rules and regulations that they place on drivers and rides that's it's hard to argue they're just providing a hands-off matching & logistics service.