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Comment Re:Cry me a river. (Score 3, Interesting) 101

Self-driving cars are a lot more capital intensive, because Über would have to buy them, whereas they don't have to buy the human-driven cars they use at the moment.

Would they?

As you mentioned, right now, they don't have to pay for the cars. But if self-driving cars become popular, they could use the same business model.

Imagine I have a self-driving car. I have it drive me to work. I walk into the office, pull out my phone, log into Uber and say I'm available. Uber then sends me a notification that someone wants to go from A to B. I say, "OK," and send the car off to A. The person climbs in and I tell the car to go to B. They get out and I tell the car to come back to the office. My car makes me money while I also get paid to sit in a boring meeting. Life is good.

Comment Re:Ford's future cheap truck (Score 1) 63

IMHO, it's FUD.

Telo and Slate have gotten a fair amount of attention lately for their pledge to create small EV trucks. So before this gets out-of-hand, Ford is announcing that they, too, will be jumping on the bandwagon and creating a small inexpensive truck.

The goal, like any FUD, is to freeze the market. "Gosh, I'd love a small truck. But I've never heard of Telo or Slate. Maybe I'll wait to see what Ford comes up with..." Ford just sits there saying, "Yeah, you don't want to buy from those weird no-name companies, you want to wait and see what we're doing. It'll be awesome!" and delays and delays until Telo and/or Slate go belly up. Then they drop the whole thing, saying, "See? Those guys went out of business. I guess there just isn't enough demand for small pick-up trucks..."

Comment Re:Is anyone even seeing the new ones? (Score 1) 85

Honestly, I quit after T2. Especially when I saw the original ending, which I figured made it clear. All this running around in alternate universes and the like? Not interested.

That said, having cable, I've seen bits of Terminator 3, Terminator: Salvation, Genisys, and Dark Fate. None of them made me want to stay on the channel.

Comment Re:Pre-emptive strike against SLATE? (Score 2) 130

Some of their decisions were absolutely baffling, such as the lack of a proper factory sound system and infotainment screen. Bluetooth speakers jammed into the dash (yes, really, that was what Slate's designers came up with) and a phone holder are something you expect to see in a late 90s beater parked in front of Walmart, not a nearly $30k brand-new EV.

I dunno about that.

Here in the 21st Century. most people are listening to content on their phone. It may be music ripped from CDs, purchased, or streamed. They may be listening to podcasts or streamed "radio" stations.

I mean, about the only time I listen to the radio in my car is if I forget my phone. Navigation? Entertainment? Through the phone.

So, yeah, give me a bluetooth speaker and I'm pretty much set. Why do I need to pay for a Navigation system that I don't use? Why do I need to pay for a radio that I don't listen to?

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