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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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[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

just use CloudStream

[-] FrostKing@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

As far as Ubers, I'm happy to pay them as much as taxis in tips at least — the people driving them are hard working people who could use it.

But dang, there's lots of streaming services. The new rise of piracy is not surprising.

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

I think it says something that people feel the need to subscribe to half a dozen services.

Never even mind piracy, people don't need to be binging TV endlessly.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

reminds me of when when banks introduced ATMs as a method to "reduce costs for the consumer" but it became a profit center, paid for by those same consumers. no consumers saved a dime

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