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.

  • PhAzEEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Streaming has gone up in price, and ads are sure to come as many streaming services are already complaining about financial strain, but for now it’s still ad free and cheaper than cable in my country, by a long shot. Even if I pay for 3 streaming services.

    I honestly hope that some of them go under, and have to revert to renting IP to Netflix again.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The articles about streaming sites are silly. They add every service that exists together and then compare that to the average cable bill… like that’s not a direct comparison. They should either be comparing that to the highest cable bill averaged across the country or they should be comparing against the average total monthly streaming bill. Very few people use every service.