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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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[+] NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no finite land on the Internet. You're just as free to set up your own server today as you were 30 years ago.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can also set up your own ISP, news conglomerate, microchip factory, global shipping line, and a nuclear plant.

It will take a while to get noticed, but in a few decades you can look forward to being bought up by the monopolies in the respective domains.

[–] regalia@literature.cafe 5 points 1 year ago

There's just as much content on the internet as before, and that free and open content continues to grow at a faster rate then it ever did before. They didn't have anything that the proprietary services of today offer, so there's no "better days" comparison there.