Waymo is making 50K paid trips per week
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Now imagine what a nightmare it would mean to live in a society where this is the only way to move. Nobody would get a car, because that would become too expensive compared to use such a system. Whatever this centralized thing is going to be, it will own the position of every individual at any time. Any actor hacking/controlling such system would be able to manipulate the world, knowing the location of each individual 24/7. The end of privacy and freedom.
But I'm almost more worried about what a company in such a position will do monetarily to its customers once it has reached a quasi-monopoly (or duopoly). I hope it turns out to be more like air-travel than Uber/Lyft, which afaict are now more expensive than cabs they replaced.
OTOH does Google really want to own all the taxis, vans, and busses on the planet? I expect that if Waymo matures into a product that can be used anywhere on any shared vehicle, the companies that provide the tech will have a supplier relationship with lots of different vehicle operators.