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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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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago

The cloud was never cheap.

Where did you get such a weird idea?

[-] IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

It starts out as $1.99 but everyone forgets that as life goes on they take more pictures and videos and have to keep upgrading cloud sevices to keep their memories intact.

[-] MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

keep their memories intact

Most social media users are struggling to export their 500+GB of data. Too bad for their memories got owned by corporates.

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