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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by saurik on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @05:16AM (#13165808)
Yes: and just take a look at how many people are unhappy with the support they get on their Pixel[1]. The number of people who would be able to tolerate Google's level of hands-off with a car, where the expectation is typically "for the first couple years if anything is even slightly weird you can drive it to your local dealer and someone's job is to try to make you super happy", is going to be much much much lower than the number of people who are currently tolerating it with consumer electronics.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13145400

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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by beamer1979 on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:43AM (#13166678)
That's the difference between want and need.

When my Pixel won't start, I am a little less contactable for a while.

When my car won't start, I'm not getting to work.

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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by cordite on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:56AM (#13166734)
Both are a significant investment that may contribute to income.
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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by lojack on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @06:27AM (#13166057)
This may be a level of service you expect, but isn't something traditionally handled by the manufacturers.
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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by ryanbrunner on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @06:58AM (#13166160)
It's handled by the ecosystem the manufacturers created though, and the manufacturers play a very prominent role in maintaining that ecosystem.
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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by fwn on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:02AM (#13166450)
This, however, is something Google could trigger themselves as well. ...probably by cooperating with current producers.
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Re:Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-dri... by _r_o_y_ on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:24AM (#13166562)
Yes, but as OP pointed out, it's not in googles DNA to do such a thing.
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