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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by nitsky on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:19PM (#23156641)
Lots of conglomerates have sub brands to avoid antitrust attention. Also maybe they don’t want consumers to think the cars are watching them.
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by Isamu on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:25PM (#23156733)
“We will drive you to your requested shopping destination after this brief targeted advertisement for laundry detergent.”
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by galuggus on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:33PM (#23156858)
Or the car will take a detour past certain billboards
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by ori_b on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:39PM (#23156957)
Too crass. The billboards will display video ads optimized for the occupants passing by.
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by mav3rick on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:56PM (#23160460)
Hyperbole clearly. Feel free to not use the taxi if you care. But of course you'd want to rant on HN
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