> it seems unlikely that you'd want to launch a whole commercial service just based on that. You're thinking about this the wrong way. There's immense value in

> it seems unlikely that you'd want to launch a whole commercial service just based on that. You're thinking about this the wrong way. There's immense value in getting _any_ commercial service out there, not just in PR but in a full end-to-end test of all the ops/logistical/product/etc that come from having to deal with customers in reality. A good chunk of a decade and billions of dollars have been poured into the research behind these services. I doubt anyone at Cruise or Waymo cares or even expects these limited services to be profitable, but that's entirely missing the point.