EU decides to treat Uber like a taxi company, not an app

EU decides to treat Uber like a taxi company, not an app

The judges weren’t buying Uber’s argument that it’s merely an information company. “The service provided by Uber is more than an intermediation service consisting of connecting, by means of a smartphone application, a nonprofessional driver using his or her own vehicle with a person who wishes to make an urban journey,” the ruling states. “The …