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European court: Let's not kid ourselves, Uber. You're a transport firm, not a 'digital service'

Roland6 Silver badge

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I think you misunderstand

Err no, I suggest you read the text of the Uber submissions to TfL where they play the game - we don't employ any taxi drivers, we just provide an app, the drivers are the responsibility of our customer, the Uber London taxi co. ...

it's pretty much the same with many other companies with subsidiaries in multiple countries.

Agree, I purchased 3 DVDs on Amazon.co.uk last week, all in stock at 'Amazon', only after placing my order did they reveal that each DVD would be supplied by a different 'Amazon' subsidiary and I subsequently received three packages through my letterbox, naturally each via a different courier/mail service. [Aside: full marks to Royal Mail who outperformed the couriers and actually delivered next day, the day Amazon forecasted for all three deliveries...]

Hence why we should give credit for the ECJ for not being suckered by Uber's deliberate obfuscations.

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