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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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[-] iopq@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Let's be real: Uber/Lyft is actually better than calling a cab. Even for the same price, it's more convenient. When you actually share the cab, it's more efficient too, you get a price cut while it optimizes the route automatically to pick up and drop off people.

[-] Otakulad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I have a cab company in my city (near Chicago) that you can order it online or in the app for now or in the future and it is cheaper than Lyft/Uber. No hailing a cab like back in the old days.

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Uber always cost as much as a taxi, it's a private hire taxi company exactly like any other private hire taxi company, their rates are controlled just the same. In the UK, anyway.

Obviously I'm not talking about black cabs, those bastards are ripoff merchants that only tourists use. I'm talking about normal taxis.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

No matter what new technology we come up with .... it will always be bottle necked, manipulated, and limited by human greed.

[-] Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id 9 points 1 year ago

Streaming is still much cheaper than cable.

Assuming netflix vs cable in my xountry... Yeah I know which one has better value.

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

So tired of this trope.

Streaming is like HBO in the old days — you buy a channel for a few months, watch what you want, cancel it. Rotating channels costs $20 a month. Cable costs $80-100.

Canceling a streaming channel is easy. Canceling cable requires calling the cable company and arguing with them. Then you have to return the set top boxes. Then you get a bill for the set top boxes anyway, and you have to argue some more and show them your receipt.

Also free streaming channels are a thing. Plenty to watch for free (unlike cable).

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[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Ye ol bait and switch. I need to go back to cabs

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Streaming is not as expensive as cable. And Uber is a better experience.

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[-] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Oh look, technology under capitalism cares about profit, not purpose

Shocked pikachu

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