• bitofhope@awful.systems
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    1 month ago

    finger curls on the monkey paw

    Inspiring! Mom and Pop have started a small business and are now franchisees of Megacorp Robotaxi. After financing and purchasing a fleet of cars, they can enjoy a steady and reliable income while only having to take care of vehicle maintenance, autopilot software license fees, accounting, possible municipal taxi licensing and other legal and clerical duties and liabilities of running a business.

    Thanks to Megacorp Robotaxi’s excellent reputation and customer loyalty and not at all because Megacorp Robotaxi has a de facto monopoly on taxi business, Mom and Pop are not worried about the competition, save for maybe some friendly and good-natured rivalry with other proud franchisees of the Megacorp Robotaxi family.

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      1 month ago

      You forgot to mention that Mom and Pop also benefit from their fleet being linked exclusively to the Robocharge™ charging network, which provides reliable charging 24/7 for a simple convenience fee of 25% on top of the local power company’s grid rate.