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I don't see the long term vision for Uber rides. Waymo and their ilk are already here, with three primary friction points 1) building trust & abundance of caut
by xivzgrev 2y ago
I don't see the long term vision for Uber rides. Waymo and their ilk are already here, with three primary friction points
1) building trust & abundance of caution - this will continue to compound and at some point it will reach a tipping point
2) scale - Waymo doesn't have enough cars on the road yet. pickup times are long.
3) high price - Waymo in my area is slightly more expensive (and takes longer) than Uber/Lyft.
They could easily halve the price tomorrow and blow Uber/Lyft out of the water. There's no way to compete because Waymo variable costs are so much lower. Waymo is growing smart - they're building the trust, scaling slowly, and when it's time, they'll cut prices & go for the jugular and it won't be pretty for Uber/Lyft.
- poisonborz 2y ago> Waymo and their ilk are already here Self-driving, already almost here for 10 years. Rolling this out to all cities, other continents will be the 10% that's the 90%, if at all possible without additional major innovations. Waymo has 4 cities, Uber 10.000 - not counting all local competitors. The Uber model is here to stay for a long, long time.