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Amusingly, the points on this posting have been going up and down quite a bit. Range is -1 to 2 so far.

The point here is that Waymo requires either an Android account or an Apple account to log into their phone app. Lose that and you cannot take a Waymo. This may be worth a formal complaint to the California Public Utilities Commission, because Waymo is regulated as a common carrier.

California civil code section 2170:

"A common carrier must, if able to do so, accept and carry whatever is offered to him, at a reasonable time and place, of a kind that he undertakes or is accustomed to carry. A common carrier must not give preference in time, price, or otherwise, to one person over another."[1]

This is the core of what it is to be a common carrier. An airline can't require that you join their frequent flyer plan to fly.

[1] https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/civil-code/civ-sect-2169/