^ this. I think the bigger question becomes "why does it matter if something is a tech company?" Is it because that is what makes it easier to raise money today? If that's the case, then I wish more investors and analysts would go back to first principles and understand why slapping a "tech" label on a company does not necessarily mean it will scale well or succeed in the long run.

There's a Quora question[1] about this that has a different take than you:

> Uber is a tech company because that's what we do. We create a service that powers a marketplace through technology, and we provide apps that let people participate to this marketplace. Specifically, that marketplace lets individual users or businesses buy transportation services from partners.

> We are not a transportation company because we don't transport goods or people - our partners do. We just facilitate that. And we are not a cab company for the same reasons, and on top of this, we don't own a fleet of vehicles.

1: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Uber-considered-a-technology-co...