I'm aware what they are arguing, the fact of the matter is they are wrong. Decisions like this: http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-and-lyft-employee-lawsuits-

I'm aware what they are arguing, the fact of the matter is they are wrong. Decisions like this: http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-and-lyft-employee-lawsuits-could-change-business-models-2015-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-and-lyft-employee-lawsui... But as for your analogy, what's the big difference? Uber controls too much of the process to really classify them as "connecting individual sellers and buyers". They are the seller.