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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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[–] Ronath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can still pick and choose my streaming. If I don't want Netflix I can cancel it, I don't have to keep it just so I can also watch Hulu.

Yes, if you get everything, it's about the same or more than cable.

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[–] A2PKXG@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I never expected ride hailing apps to save money. Where from? Taxis were never a high margin business with some superfluous middleman.

Could there be some decentralized ride hailing platform?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could there be some decentralized ride hailing platform?

That was the original idea behind Uber etc.: you as a normal person would fire up the app when you were driving somewhere anyway, and pick up folks who happened to be wanting to go the same direction.

It only lasted about 5 minutes before people started turning it into their job.

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[–] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'd love a distro for raspi etc that made onroading to pirating really easy. like LibreElec for Raspberry Pi is great, but you have to manually verify the debrid and trakt in settings, i need something boomer-friendly. Like, first run, it gives a debrid verification url prompt, waits for it, then trakt, waits for it, then asks like "which of these popular shows do you like" and offers suggestions to start

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Was Uber ever cheaper than a cab? I knew about them fairly early on, and even then the prices were way more than a taxi. The only benefit it really offered was that you may not even have access to a taxi service where you are, but Uber drivers could be your next door neighbor.

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