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.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve gotten dumb angry letters since from ISPs since Napster.

    But I’m hard pressed to remember a time when so much content was so readily available so quickly.

    And a $4/mo Proton VPN is downright trivial when the cost of a good laptop has fallen from the $1000s to the low $100s.