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Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap (www.businessinsider.com)

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Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap::Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. From video streaming to ride-hailing and cloud computing.

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[-] Ghostbanjo1949@lemmy.mengsk.org 1 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, thanks for the insight!

[-] enu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hello L4S!

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[-] cloud@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 year ago

No way who could have guess

[-] dawa@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just reacting to comments mentioning cloud storage (which is not mentioned in the article BTW)

Sorry but you are using the wrong cloud storage provider.

I've switched to pCloud on black Friday. It was a one time payment for 2TB lifetime cloud storage (I checked and it was ~250€ at the time).

Considering the amount of HDD I've burned through in the early years I've already saved a couple thousand dollars and I haven't lost any file since.

Just make sure to watch their price as they currently have a sale and I don't believe for 1 second that the initial price was in fact 1140€ for 2TB as advertised.

[-] regalia@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

The cloud is still pretty cheap. Getting cheaper if anything.

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Good thing I've been getting my media from the high seas for years, never used an uber, and I don't give a shit about the cloud.

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

[-] Ghostbanjo1949@lemmy.mengsk.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder how much of the inability to be profitable is driven by their licensing costs.

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