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.
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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.

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.

    • thayer@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Nope, we love our local library for nearly all of our media needs!

    • phario@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately here in the UK there has been systematic defunding of things like libraries.

      • Ew0@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        It’s sad really as the idea that you could read a book for free in the 1900s was basically the OG ‘fuck copyright’.

        Books are weapons in the war of ideas…

    • solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      At that point? I’d just pirate. Streaming services are for convenience. Going to the library for a physical piece of media isn’t very convenient for me

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Your library has free transportation and cloud storage?

      You’re cherry-picking and strawmanning like crazy…