The new (as of now than a year ago) Waymo cars still had human safety drivers last I saw one (a month or two ago). I also don't see them taking customers. So they do seem to slow roll hardware rollouts.

A new version rolling out fast and starting to crash will likely kill the program altogether (like it did for some competitors).

10 years down the line, they won't have that risk.

Which to me is a really good, encouraging thing.

Overall I feel safer in a Waymo than a rideshare now and I only spent a few days being able to use Waymo...