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> but you still have two and three story apartment buildings that require customers to go downstairs for their food.

Everyone keeps ignoring you on this part, but they aren't thinking about people with disabilities or mobility issues that rely on delivery services to get their groceries because alternative or public welfare programs don't exist for this.

What happens when DoorDash, UberEats, Instacart, etc. all go autonomous? People with disabilities get screwed in the name of profit. They are already getting screwed with higher prices as is.

These customers can't simply "go downstairs and meet the car" the point of delivery specifically in this case is to have it brought right to your door. Automated cars miss this usecase entirely.



> What happens when DoorDash, UberEats, Instacart, etc. all go autonomous? People with disabilities get screwed

They get special accommodation. Food delivery via rideshare didn’t exist 20 years ago…




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