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That’s a good point. But maybe they don’t have 100% confidence so they want to share the risk. Or maybe alphabet doesn’t see the self driving VEHICLE as their
by matt_the_bass 6y ago
That’s a good point. But maybe they don’t have 100% confidence so they want to share the risk.
Or maybe alphabet doesn’t see the self driving VEHICLE as their product. Maybe they see the consumer data as the product and want someone else to pay for the effort to collect it.
- somethoughts 6y agoMy take is that there are two interests in self driving cars for Google Proper (i.e. Search, Maps, Youtube, News, Ads). * Free version of Uber/Lyft based on a Google ad/maps referral as described by this patent [1] * Free up peoples commute times so there eyeballs are free to use Google more (watch Youtube, use Google Search, read Google News). Perhaps even access free in-Waymo wifi that only allows Google domain access. They have monopolies in these two areas and therefore neither requires 100% ownership in Waymo. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/google-awarded-patent-for-free-rides-to-advertisers-locations/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/google-awarded-patent-for-...