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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Paying "way mo" not to talk to anyone.

Apologies, I recently became a father

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

One of us! One of us!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

I don't have to tip my Waymo

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Waymo is really premium and more like getting an Uber Black, probably better. You get to talk shit with your friends as loud as you want, play your own music, and there's no pressure about anything. You know exactly how long it'll wait. What it feels like is those movies where the rich guy has a private driver with a privacy screen like a limo. The overall standard of the vehicles is very high, clean, and safe feeling

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I mean they have cameras and mics in the car, they say they don't have the mics on unless you call support, but they are apparently recording video at all times.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A bunch of Uber’s do too. Unless it’s your own car there really isn’t an expectation of privacy.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, even with personal vehicles the amount of "telemetry" data being collected is getting ridiculous.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm guessing for vandalism reasons?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I tried once as a novelty.

The bus running the same route was 1/5 the price, and probably more direct (at the time, Waymo would not use freeways) but it was an experience for the sake of "nifty optimistic future thing"

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is just my anecdotal experience, but most of the time when I compare Waymo and Uber prices in my city, Waymo is cheaper.

For example, I’ll use both apps to calculate the fare to the same destination. Waymo is almost always slightly cheaper, and that’s before considering that you aren’t expected to tip.

Even if it was slightly more expensive, I’d prefer Waymo every time. Not having to deal with a driver, being able to put my own music on, and the flexibility of being able to edit my route at any time are great.

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