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by noahmbarr 13 days ago
There is no question Waymo is a better consumer product for most trips around places like San Francisco proper.

So if you have a better product, why waste calories with membership cash grabs vs scaling your core mechanic? If there was a larger fleet, wait times wouldn’t be long— so line skipping wouldn’t be a problem.

Only conclusions I can come to: (1) Their core money mechanic (charging for rides) isn’t that attractive (2) they cannot scale fast enough, or (3) both

Love to have someone steelman the argument o/w