Not even a business. From the sounds of it in the article, it seems that these drivers think that they are employees. They even "bought and rented cars in order

Not even a business. From the sounds of it in the article, it seems that these drivers think that they are employees. They even "bought and rented cars in order to..." do this activity. Well, the examples cited anyways, not all of them. I can totally see why people are giving Uber and Lyft a bad rap now. Because the drivers are treating it like a job. And no wonder that they're now using employee-like terms such as "minimum wage" and "living wage". Not to mention that so many people are probably desperate for an easy (to get and to hold) job like this that they've flooded the market. No wonder that Uber/Lyft is able to command their prices.