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.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    26·
    1 year ago

    Honestly, yes it has been. It’s not too bad, but it used to be easier.

    • rx8geek@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I would argue it’s easier just in significantly different ways - the Arr stack of applications take more effort to learn and setup initially, but once you have it’s absolutely effortless.

      • scorpiosrevenge@lemmy.mlEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        Literally everything was easy about it 5-10 years ago. Even 20yrs ago starting with Napster. Shit was the wild west you could pretty much do whatever you want. Apart from the various rogue virus laden crap. Torrent trackers got good about reporting bad ones though.

        • fulano@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
          13·
          1 year ago

          In addition, pirated physical media used to be an easy way for non techy people to acquire media in developing countries.

          • logen@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Used to be? As late as 2011 I saw entire businesses dedicated to selling pirated movies.