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fshtoday at 5:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

Some cute tech projects do not justify a massive monopoly. Google is financing Waymo using the ~300 billion dollar it extracts annually from consumers via ad spending. I would rather pay substantially less on anything I buy, and have the free market sort out self-driving cars.


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lotsofpulptoday at 5:43 AM

A product/service that can drastically reduce the top cause of injury and death, as well as give safe mobility to so many who do not currently have it is not a "cute tech project".

>I would rather pay substantially less on anything I buy, and have the free market sort out self-driving cars.

Alphabet's entire revenue divided by the total amount of goods and services sold is miniscule, so I don't see how it could be mathematically possible to pay substantially less on anything you buy.

>and have the free market sort out self-driving cars.

This is the free market sorting out self-driving cars.

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idndnfjfjtoday at 6:16 AM

thing i dont like: extraction

thing i like: free market

i would rather people like you please stay silent instead of polluting the world with lazy thinking fit not even for dog

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