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Seems like the rest of the HN crowd is swooning over Waymo. Nothing but glowing reviews.

As they become the monopolist, like they always do, watch how they’ll run the age old playbook to destroy the market and then hike prices.

I’m not against self-driving cars. I’m against self-driving cars owned by a few megacorps, that will have even control and surveillance capabilities in addition to what’s already in your pocket.



> I’m not against self-driving cars. I’m against self-driving cars owned by a few megacorps

Perfect is the enemy of the good. This sort of technological NIMBYism is, in practice, opposition to self-driving cars and their safety benefits.


Not even my point and this isn’t about the tech but about the societal context.


a few megacorps cornering an entire market is Not Good




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