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I would hope it's a race to the bottom when taxis are self driving. Why keep prices needlessly higher than the base material cost in that csse?



Economically no problem with that race, of course it eventually means cutting out the human driver and usually people who can only drive are not really ready to get a different job. They have no other skills that are "in demand".


A race to the bottom means cutting quality (e.g., cleaning frequency and thoroughness) to reach the lowest price.


So long as there's multiple providers, if one of them gives a filthier, though cheaper, service, there's definitely people who will prefer it.




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