I understand the sentiment because I had the same reaction myself, to want to “umm actually” the comic.

But on reflection; it’s Waymo’s job to build trust and differentiate themselves from the crowd.

March 17, 2026 - 00:22 UTC

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Good tech gets caught up in bad tech abusing users’ and the public’s trust, and I think that’s a shame and as a technologist myself it feels discouraging. But I don’t think complaining about people being underinformed about a still small company like Waymo is very useful.
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I think we’re better off trying to clean up the tech industry and earn trust than complain that the public doesn’t make fine enough distinctions between products/companies. Tech is like the very early days of aviation still, before it earned its reputation for safety through rigor and quality.
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To be clear, I'm not complaining about people being underinformed, I'm complaining about someone actively pushing misinformation that makes accurately informing people actively harder.
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