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You act like it's a big binary shift one day. But it's not. Uber has massive consumer mindshare, and its still growing fast. When they start phasing-in self dr
by encoderer 11y ago
You act like it's a big binary shift one day. But it's not.
Uber has massive consumer mindshare, and its still growing fast. When they start phasing-in self driving cars you will have a day where your UberPool ride to work was driven by a human, but your UberPool home happened to be an autonomous car.
Uber is building a brand as the go-to transportation service and that won't be displaced just because another company deploys a fleet of autonomous cars with their own app. Even if that company is Google. Sure, it's a competitive threat, and I have no idea if Uber will be a brand people know in 25 years. But in 5-10? I think they are positioning themselves for dominance as the provider of autonomous transportation.
- nemo44x 11y agoIt's still a race to the bottom. Competitors will compete on price (the only thing that really matters at that point) and those with larger wallets or who manufacturer the automated cars (or likely both) will be able to out-price them.