It&#x27;s not ride-sharing.  That&#x27;s a marketing term, and totally non-descriptive of how Uber works.<p>Ride-sharing seems more like what you&#x27;d see in developing countries, the private (unlicensed) taxis where someone with a car picks up a passenger from the side of the road for a few cents&#x27; (negotiated on the spot) fare.<p>Uber is just a taxi service with a really fancy app and really dodgy employment (i.e. &quot;you employees, you&#x27;re all contractors!&quot;) practices.