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Cars are an absolute necessity in the US unless you live in one of the small handful of cities that have viable public transit. Different thing altogether. Rob
by qurren 3mo ago
Cars are an absolute necessity in the US unless you live in one of the small handful of cities that have viable public transit. Different thing altogether.
Robots aren't a necessity, and for a price tag in the tens of thousands, most people will just mop their own floors and do their own laundry.
- georgemcbay 3mo ago> Robots aren't a necessity, and for a price tag in the tens of thousands, most people will just mop their own floors and do their own laundry. And (regardless of the costs involved) if I were going to pay money to not do this stuff myself, I'd rather pay a human to do it because I know there are humans out there that could use the work and I value them much more than I value Google and other corporations making even more obscene amounts of money selling future e-waste.
- micromacrofoot 3mo ago$45k cars are not neccessary though, and that's the average american car loan today
- bigfishrunning 3mo agoThat's really more of a financial literacy problem though. People don't see $45k car, they see $600/mo payment. And car dealers very much sell on the payment and not on the actual price.
- pessimizer 3mo agoWhy would it be different for a robot?
- bigfishrunning 3mo agoPeople *need* a car, and a salesman manipulates them into buying more car then they need. People aren't convinced they *need* a robot. increasing your spend by 25% is a smaller change then increasing your spend by infinity%
- drusepth 3mo agonit: 45k is the average car loan for a new car, but average for a used car is $25k. Purchasing a car is a necessity but purchasing a new car is a luxury.
- micromacrofoot 3mo agoAverage monthly payment for both new and used cars is $500-$700