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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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[โ€“] phario@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately here in the UK there has been systematic defunding of things like libraries.

[โ€“] Ew0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's sad really as the idea that you could read a book for free in the 1900s was basically the OG 'fuck copyright'.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas...