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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

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.

originalucifer ,
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reminds me of when when banks introduced ATMs as a method to "reduce costs for the consumer" but it became a profit center, paid for by those same consumers. no consumers saved a dime

enu ,

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enu ,
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Ghostbanjo1949 ,

That makes sense, thanks for the insight!

gonzoknowsdotcom1 ,

Webtorrent has been serving wonders combined with a usb stick or even a NAS

Raiderkev ,

Either way, 2 years ago, an Uber from the airport to the strip was $12-15.

samsepi0l ,

I just took the taxi, It was there now and it’s a flat $30 fee.

Ronath ,
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I can still pick and choose my streaming. If I don’t want Netflix I can cancel it, I don’t have to keep it just so I can also watch Hulu.

Yes, if you get everything, it’s about the same or more than cable.

Corkyskog ,

I hate sounding like I am simping for streaming companies, but It’s atill not the same as cable. People are comparing the average cable bill to all streaming services combined which is ridiculous. Hulu alone covers like 75% of cable, excluding premium channels like HBO, STARS etc. If they are going to compare all streaming costs to cable, they should be comparing it to the highest cable packages. If they are going to use the average cable bill as a comparison, then they should be comparing it to the average streaming bill.

Kahlenar ,

Millennials and older well always be impressed by streaming.

saunjay1 ,

Sure, but it is still somewhat similar to cable within any particular service. You’re paying increasingly higher prices, to subsidize the costs of shows/movies that you’ll never watch. So you have to pay for all of Netflix just to watch the handful of things you want. Also, chances are (for many people) that you may want to watch the new show on HBO Max, and an exclusive movie to Disney+, and maybe apple+ has a great new original show, etc… Many have multiple services, so sooner or later, it looks more and more like it did before, because ultimately it’s the same or similar companies as before.

PhAzE ,

Streaming has gone up in price, and ads are sure to come as many streaming services are already complaining about financial strain, but for now it’s still ad free and cheaper than cable in my country, by a long shot. Even if I pay for 3 streaming services.

I honestly hope that some of them go under, and have to revert to renting IP to Netflix again.

Corkyskog ,

The articles about streaming sites are silly. They add every service that exists together and then compare that to the average cable bill… like that’s not a direct comparison. They should either be comparing that to the highest cable bill averaged across the country or they should be comparing against the average total monthly streaming bill. Very few people use every service.

Pyr_Pressure ,

It was the free hit to get you hooked and dump your cable subscriptions. Now they have you and they’re going to increase costs every year from here on out and then start with advertisements because fuck you you’re going to pay it anyways.

Syldon ,
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nightmareofahorse ,

Joke’s on them. I cut it all out

Mikekm ,

That was my first thought. Guess I just won’t watch anything and go back to reading books.

WhipTheLlama ,

To be completely fair, Netflix basically invented the successful tv replacement streaming business model and it’s not their fault that every media ruined it by starting their own. Media companies screwed us, not tech companies.

Zstom6IP ,

Capitalism being capitalism.

owiseedoubleyou ,
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LONG LIVE PIRACY!!!🏴‍☠️🏴

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vox ,
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just use CloudStream

mycatiskai ,

I spent a week on vacation and finally saw ads again. It did give me a very small list of TV shows that I will download from the internet. It also made me realize that the US has way too many ads for drugs and lawyers willing to sue anyone and anything for you.

simin ,

wondering if i should say this but at one point i pirated so much that i have to use will power to stop watching stuff.

UltraFiestaMango ,
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i mean 🤷‍♀️ at least it was free lmao

Zeroxxx ,
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Streaming is still much cheaper than cable.

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

DulyNoted ,

That’s the thing though, it’s not Netflix vs cable anymore. It’s Netflix + Disney + Prime + whatever other streaming services have the shit you actually want to watch. And when you add it up, it’s just like cable packages. The only advantage is it’s all on demand.

Pyr_Pressure ,

Plus ad free for the most part… For now at least.

Corkyskog ,

If you add them all up, it’s still cheaper than cable. They either need to create another service or two or raise prices like 20% more before it goes over that amount.

aidan ,

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

kroy ,

This is REALLY not the case everywhere.

Toss in like 3 streaming services, which is pretty typical coverage for what most people want to watch, you are at cable costs.

And I dunno if you’ve been in an Uber lately in a larger city in the US, but literally in the last year we’ve gone from people driving nice clean modern cars, to people driving late 90s/early 00s hoopties that are dirty, stained, and don’t have AC, smell like whatever thing was in there before, etc.

aidan ,

The issue is paying for three streaming services, one is already way more choice and variety you get with cable. And I don’t even just mean the quality of the car, I mean being able to request an Uber on an app and have someone pick you up in a few minutes instead of having to look up a cab companies number then call 30 minutes in advance to talk to a dispatcher and eventually have a taxi show up.

capy_bara ,

That’s not true. With every production company spinning up their own stuff, you can easily end up having to subscribe to 2 or three just to watch Star wars (Disney plus) AND Star trek (CBS)

aidan ,

Having variety doesn’t mean having everything. A grocery store has a lot of variety but not everything, similarly cable doesn’t have everything. A lot of the biggest shows on Netflix have been Korean, usually US cable doesn’t have those.

focusedkiwibear ,

bro we used to have everything without paying out the nose. that’s the whole point lmao, way to miss it.

aidan ,

Except “we” didn’t have everything, Netflix selection was more US focused, that was it.

HankMardukas ,

In Chicago the Uber experience is far superior to cabs. Can’t even find cabs anymore.

TimewornTraveler ,

that seems more like a problem of uber killing cabs than cabs killing cabs

TimewornTraveler ,

Better than what lol in my city there’s cabs everywhere that are cheap fast and easy. i dread when uber type service arrives

aidan ,

My home city definitely is not, you had to call cabs to get one.

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