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On the flipside, things like this and this won't happen with robot taxis.
In a way it has. The fleet of robotaxis blocked traffic due to their low cell service and now the company responsible is washing their hands clean by saying it’s not our problem, it’s the lack of cell service!
So, if at any point, they get less than optimal signal then they’ll put the grid in a deadlock?
Sounds even worse than people protesting to earn a living and get equal treatment
gee yeah, side with the morally bankrupt corporations
Sorry are you trying to describe a positive outcome
I'm just pointing out that the "stopped taxis collectively fouling up traffic" is not unique to robotaxis, and that the human-driven taxis can be worse in that regard in some instances (one of the situations I linked went on for weeks, the one this article is about went on for fifteen minutes).
But one of those stoppages is for the purpose of improving the lives of working class people, and in particular involves humans who can communicate with first responders. It's constructive. Those people's children won't live in poverty
The other is a side effect of a shoddy product, one which only operates because it corruptly evaded regulatory consequences for its shoddiness. The stoppage was only intended in the sense that cutting corners is the reason the product is on the market; otherwise it serves no specific purpose
It's true that the robotaxi fuck up is bad and the protest is less bad or good, but fundamentally they're not even the same type of thing