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nycdevil t1_iwqwv9m wrote

Can't wait until Uber/Lyft gets fully automated, it will fix a lot of these annoying transportation issues, kill these bullshit unions, and make the streets safer and drive these costs down.

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ELONGATEDSNAIL t1_iwrmu0p wrote

They will just tak on a Self Driving fee and charge you more.

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nycdevil t1_iws164t wrote

Then, another company will see the giant market opportunity and undercut them.

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TeamMisha t1_iwtjm34 wrote

You may be waiting a long time. It was only in the past 1-2 years if I recall right that Uber changed their financial prospectus and shareholder info on their long term strategy. Originally, yes the entire system was predicated on removing the biggest cost: labor, through automation. But then, to no one's surprise, the cost of development and lobbying for regulation of fully autonomous vehicles in challenging environments become apparent. Uber cut back development money and no longer is "counting" on automation, hence the rising prices, because they know they cannot survive for potentially many years losing money "waiting" for automation that may never even come. If they were confident that automation was near we'd still see low prices to suck everyone in, but I think they had a come to Jesus moment lol

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coinwavey t1_iwrvcvh wrote

If it's monopolised by a large tech corp they will still charge the same and just prop up shareholder profits.

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nycdevil t1_iws12zm wrote

It won't be monopolized, there are many companies competing on it, so the competition will drive down prices.

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