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LinkPizza posted...
Not to mention, it could be because people are having trouble affording them.

Probably.

Hey, you know what's cheaper than owning a car? Being part of the car subscription service we were just talking about.

Which was a point I raised a few weeks ago, so congratulations on catching up.

LinkPizza posted...
I mean, if anything, Uber going to fully self-driving might help more people get cars since it seems like most Americans don't trust self-driving cars.

How are they going to get cars if, as you've just admitted, they can't afford them?

LinkPizza posted...
Not to mention in an article I was reading which did talk about why some people (young millenials) didn't like driving, it said that young adults are buying them at a higher rate now than they did 11 years ago:

11 years ago was the depths of a little event called "The Great Recession", something that disproportionately affected young people. It had a bit of an impact on the ability of people to buy cars.

LinkPizza posted...
From personal experience

Your personal anecdotes are not statistically significant. I don't know how many times I need to keep repeating that before it sinks in.

I have no idea why you keep bringing these stories up. They add absolutely nothing to the debate. I couldn't respond to them even if I wanted to, which I don't, and even if I did, it means absolutely nothing in the context of what's being discussed.

LinkPizza posted...
As for owning, we already have taxis, Ubers, Lyfts, buses, etc, but people still drives their own vehicles.

Because everything you just mentioned have humans involved, making them less convenient and more expensive than a self-driving car would be in the same situation. A self-driving car does not need to pay a wage; you just need to compensate it for fuel and car wear-and-tear for however long you "borrow" it, which is significantly less expensive than owning your own car.

LinkPizza posted...
Most people would probably not like any alarm sounds since even a soft beeping could be annoying or loud.

We have those for people who leave their keys in the ignition; somehow we get by without people swearing off cars in a rage.

LinkPizza posted...
Many people are fine with their own cameras, but not with a camera going back to some server somewhere else.

Those people better never go outside then, because there are security cameras everywhere.

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