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kleinbl00  ·  3078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tesla bans customers from using autonomous cars to earn money ride-sharing

Sure. Who cares?

The licensing terms for private use have always been different than the licensing terms for commercial use. Tesla is basically saying "if you want to rideshare with your Tesla, you get to rideshare for Tesla." Nobody is forcing you to buy a tesla, nobody is forcing you to drive for Tesla. Know those boxes of granola bars you buy at the grocery store? Ever notice how each and every one of them says "not labeled for retail sale?" If you want to sell granola bars to somebody else, you need to buy different granola bars. That's not new.

Realistically speaking? If you want to drive a car for money, you need a CDL and a livery permit. This is how it has always been. People skip right the fuck over this because it's confusing AND THEY'RE STUPID: by driving for Uber, YOU ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. Fact of the matter is, it's a law that clearly impedes progress and Uber et. al. bet they could violate the fuck out of that law and get away with it. They were right.

But those laws haven't been struck down. And you, as a tiny little company of one, freelancing for Uber, have very little exposure for violating that law. You might get a ticket (but probably won't). But the attorney general can decide that Tesla is guilty of 35,000 counts of violating that law and come after Tesla with a special investigation unit and a dedicated office to exact billions in penalties.

Tesla is a dumbass if they don't protect themselves from this.