A corrupt regulator could prohibit this for ride share industry only, to target under a pretext.

Manipulating market incentives could also reduce competition assuming an end goal is acquisition.

Of course with no regulation, corrupt players can consolidate power.

I would say unchecked power is more dangerous, so the question to me is if we presume regulation is good then how do we structure it so the regulators are regulated?

So isn’t that gambling, not engineering?

I repeatedly complained it was activating “emergency lane departure” while driving manually, even after disabling the setting. This had the effect of the vehicles swerving towards cross walks or walls.

Clearly a software issue but they played dumb and forced me to book service visits and refused to provide loaners.

Each time they returned the vehicle(s) with a short resolution of “expected characteristic”.

I read my purchase agreement, emailed them, and simply stated they are obliged to buy back my fleet given its a hazard to public safety. They obliged without discussion.

There were also other persistent issues with the vehicle beyond the software but i suspect the software put them into a double bind where if they “fix” it they create more liability via accidental disengagements.

And an owner who believes that means the locals want to “destroy” her business.

Im not choosing a side, but it doesn’t seem like they have a strong future with or without a logo. That’s just Santa Cruz culture, very aggro surfers.

Many of the surrounding restaurants are very immersed in local surf culture and put a great deal of resources and effort into their decor.

I sold-back two vehicles under lemon law to them for FSD/autopilot nonsense, mine was activating the “emergency lane departure” and jerking the wheel even when driving manually (“lane departure” set to OFF) causing FSD to activate and jerk left when i as human am turning right normally with blinker on and dont want any FSD

Apparently they “secretly” turned that setting on even when it was off, for 30 seconds after certain disengagements. They did not show it in the ui at the time, and it happened during my daily routes for some reason.

They closed my service appointments with no resolution or explanation, so i did a formal lemon law request and they promptly refunded all my money. Around the same time they finally appeared to be updating the UI.