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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Declares Uber a Transport Service

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a period of consideration, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that Uber is a transport service, just like any other taxi company. There is lot to say about Uber's use of untrained, non-professional drivers and other abusive practices.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:44PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:44PM (#612799) Journal

    1. Uber has merely improved on an ages old dispatching system

    Novel application of technology, check.

    2. Limo of taxi company, either way, they are performing an ages old service - moving customers from point A to point B, for a fee. Also, the concept of casual labor is as old as the hills - Uber's drivers are doing nothing new, or different.

    So is any application of technology. Ignore what is actually done, then it doesn't actually do that much.

    The simple fact that many homes had the top and bottom plates TOE-nailed into the studs made the difference.

    When again was toe-nailing developed? Why do you consider it novel technology now? Wikipedia says [wikipedia.org] nails go back to ancient Egypt (3400 BC). And you could do toe-nailing from then to now.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 21 2017, @03:11PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @03:11PM (#612810) Journal

    So, you're hung on that term, "novel". Tell me - if Uber's dipatch system is so novel, then how does the competition compete? Oh - maybe it's not so very novel, ehhh?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 21 2017, @03:19PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @03:19PM (#612814) Journal

      if Uber's dipatch system is so novel, then how does the competition compete?

      With their own novel systems. There's a number of systems out there (including several in Europe). Lyft isn't the only competitor with some interesting new tricks.