I'm sure a strong enough rideshare union will eventually force autonomous vehicles out of the state, hurting everyone in the process

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JumpCrisscross 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> a strong enough rideshare union will eventually force autonomous vehicles out of the state

Zero chance. What we may see is the legacy rideshare providers ceding the market to autonomously native providers.

But even then, this is ringfenced to California. If the unions go Luddite, one can contain the problem the way California’s home insurance market is segregated.

	▲	guywithahat 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		what do you mean zero chance? The purpose of unions is to protect the workers at the cost of everything (and everyone) else. They would absolutely lobby for autonomous vehicles to have a unionized supervisor, no matter how little the supervisor contributes, and they could easily win that fight in CA.

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GuinansEyebrows 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i feel like people who use waymo are probably an extreme minority within california. we'll all be just fine, and rideshare drivers can actually afford to live decent lives in exchange for their labor. i'm fine with your doom and gloom scenario.