> no city (at least no major US city) tried to go after Uber by claiming it was a taxi company
Many major cities did, including NYC, LA and SF. Regulators in all cities considered Uber to be operating illegally.
Those cities later came to agreements with Uber to allow it to operate, because there was enough support for Uber in the public.
> It is mostly a collection of documents intended to portray Uber as having an offensive culture.
Uber executives repeatedly admit that they're operating illegally, and tell their people in new jurisdictions to just press ahead and expand operations, regardless of what local regulators say. Their business model was to get big first and then to pressure governments to legalize their operations. That worked in most places.
> They went after Uber for arguing that workers were misclassified as contractors rather than employees
Many major cities did, including NYC, LA and SF. Regulators in all cities considered Uber to be operating illegally.
Those cities later came to agreements with Uber to allow it to operate, because there was enough support for Uber in the public.
> It is mostly a collection of documents intended to portray Uber as having an offensive culture.
Uber executives repeatedly admit that they're operating illegally, and tell their people in new jurisdictions to just press ahead and expand operations, regardless of what local regulators say. Their business model was to get big first and then to pressure governments to legalize their operations. That worked in most places.
> They went after Uber for arguing that workers were misclassified as contractors rather than employees
That came later.