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Airplanes couldn't fly in inclement weather for decades. Took a while but we solved it.

"Oops it's pouring, can't get a Cruise, gotta fall back to an Uber" doesn't sound that terrible to me, for now.

Cruise could even offer a product that compensates/insures you for that eventuality, if for example Cruise was your primary vehicle.



But if self-driving succeeds then there won't be enough gig-drivers ready-to-go to cover a self-driving outage.


Taxis, available with e.g. a simple phone call, have existed since before telephones and cars really, and they still exist now even as ride-sharing has taken over. They will exist as Cruise rises.


They exist because they're a viable business because there is enough approximately consistent demand. That's not guaranteed to continue.


There might be taxis, but not enough for everyone who wants to catch one. It’s already difficult enough on rainy days.




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