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Re:Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Dr... by IntronExon on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:43PM (#16286663)
i want to say something along the lines of, “Oh how quickly the disruptor becomes the regulator,” but really isn’t it a bit early in the autonomous vehicle game to pull the proverbial ladder up behind you? Besides, given the likely cost of such vehicles, even when they really exist, they’re not going to be in most households.

Killing competition that doesn’t exist in a tech space that may be decades away from bearing fruit. Uber.

Re:Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Dr... by blacksmith_tb on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:20PM (#16287226)
Agreed, wouldn't it match their business model to just demand interoperability, and maybe subsidies to get autonomous vehicles into the hands of people who'd take the risk of buying and insuring them to ferry Uber fares around?
Re:Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Dr... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:28PM (#16287276)
> Agreed, wouldn't it match their business model

I think you've confused “cultivated PR image” with “business model”.

Re:Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Dr... by taneq on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:18PM (#16287217)
At least they're proactive. >.<