Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:28PM
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> I believe people like owning things... This is a basic fact of being human
There are some objects we enjoy forming a relationship with. Your favorite kitchen knife. Your bed. Your sports car you take out on the weekend.
There are other objects we just want to work. Your running shoes. Your daily commuting vehicle. Your dish rack.
Of course it varies from person to person which items fall in which category.
There will always be a market for people who want to own and fetishize a car. The same way there is a market for people who want to own and fetishize their record collection.
But it is usually a smaller market than the market for people who just want convenient access to the thing. I.e. Spotify.
Which will be bigger, Spotify for mobility, or your neighborhood hipster automobile dealer?
There are some objects we enjoy forming a relationship with. Your favorite kitchen knife. Your bed. Your sports car you take out on the weekend.
There are other objects we just want to work. Your running shoes. Your daily commuting vehicle. Your dish rack.
Of course it varies from person to person which items fall in which category.
There will always be a market for people who want to own and fetishize a car. The same way there is a market for people who want to own and fetishize their record collection.
But it is usually a smaller market than the market for people who just want convenient access to the thing. I.e. Spotify.
Which will be bigger, Spotify for mobility, or your neighborhood hipster automobile dealer?