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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, but they said those things before going public or when a few people had the vast majority of shares.

    If they cash out, there’s now a board in control, and the big investors want big returns. So that’s the direction companies inevitably go.

    Because if capitalism.

    It might be the same company, but it’s often not the same people calling the shots