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.

[Sonic Boom of the South]

It was always a ruse. Innovation is never really for the people. Even if a tool makes your life more efficient, it's just a means to an end for the creators and investors.

This nonsensical shyt here!

 

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Not to mention if I just want to binge watch a hit show on Apple or something I can just subscribe for a month and cancel. Cancelling and reupping is not something you can do on the fly with traditional cable.

 

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I agree with it all except Uber Taxis. Uber is still cheaper and and much more convenient than taxis unless taxis have changed their pricing. In 2014 I was still on my college campus and needed to go to my friend’s graduation party who lived 8 miles away. I partied the night before and overslept and all my friends I could have rode with had already left and I was just like fukk it I’ll call a cab there when I’m ready. I get in the cab and this nikka tried to charge like $40 for a 10 min, 8 mile straight shot drive with no turns until you get to the neighborhood. An Uber would be $10-$15. Unfortunately this was before Uber was even available in nothing but major cities.

The more appropriate mention should have been hotels being a much better option than Airbnbs now.

yeah Uber is focused on breaking promises to their workforce. that'll stop when robo-cars come online.

then it'll be our turn

 

[360dagod]

I agree with it all except Uber Taxis. Uber is still cheaper and and much more convenient than taxis unless taxis have changed their pricing. In 2014 I was still on my college campus and needed to go to my friend’s graduation party who lived 8 miles away. I partied the night before and overslept and all my friends I could have rode with had already left and I was just like fukk it I’ll call a cab there when I’m ready. I get in the cab and this nikka tried to charge like $40 for a 10 min, 8 mile straight shot drive with no turns until you get to the neighborhood. An Uber would be $10-$15. Unfortunately this was before Uber was even available in nothing but major cities.

The more appropriate mention should have been hotels being a much better option than Airbnbs now.

You can't tell these people nothing when it comes to airbnbs

It's become a nikka flex

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

If you read animal farm as a kid you know how it always plays out. Remember anybody promising that better future from the current owners is a pig.

 

[King Poetic]

No ideas original , just ways to fool people into thinking it is and they know how to have people thinking they getting something new and exciting

 

[Gloxina]

Everything's always been old school

 

[JT-Money]

I wonder if any taxi drivers realized what was happening in the early days of Uber and quickly sold their medallion.

I doubt many got out from under that debt.

 

[DatBoiHawk]

I damn near had a fit when YouTube music said they were raising prices, for what!!!?

 

[L&HH]

You can't tell these people nothing when it comes to airbnbs

It's become a nikka flex

You might be right. My lil homie rented an Airbnb for his birthday months ago. Dude paid a few bands for like 2-3 days.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

That's capitalism that's not on technology. Furthermore nobody made any promises to cord cutters it was an organic movement. Netflix was just replacing a void with in a new era. Once everyone decided they wanted to have individual streaming apps instead of amalgamating their content under one provider it became a shyt show. That was capitalism at work. They started pulling show syndication and licensing to make their own platforms. Netflix pivoted hard to a content maker, costs went up. And the rest is history.

Capitalism uncapped at every turn is driving greed through the roof. Chasing quarterly profits. So we go from cord cutting and decluttering all those unnecessary bundles channels to one streaming sub then eventually multiple competitive streaming subs that now cost more than former bundled cable services.

You got to pivot as a consumer. I don't sub anything on auto renew. I try all of them one to two at a time. Get the content I need and drop it. Don't need to have multiple services on monthly retainers. Furthermore this culture of subs for all types of content is designed to drain your pockets. It's up to us to do our due diligence. Business will do what it does. Years ago I sold cable packages and I saw something very eye opening going from neighborhood to neighborhood door to door. Touching different demographics. The filthy rich multi million dollar homes had the most basic cable services or none at all, they were more into premium internet as they tended to work from home. The poor hoods had all the extra servings for sports movies etc. How people think the rich live and how they actually do is different. They don't spend on shyt like sitting at home watching flicks. They'll spend that on vacation.

 

[Mowgli]

You might be right. My lil homie rented an Airbnb for his birthday months ago. Dude paid a few bands for like 2-3 days.

Had a family member do the same. We had middle aged adult talk and Said she should save her money and she got mad at us for being ungrateful for the air bnb.

 

[kevm3]

Who didn’t see this coming @JLova @kevm3 @JT-Money @TRUEST

Sadly, companies always do this. Get you hooked on 'free' or 'cheap' services and then gradually raise the price into unaffordability.

 

[DaddyFresh]

streaming is for the birds. Physical media>

 

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Netflix+Hulu (with Starz add on to watch shows like Power and BMF)+illegal StreamEast for sports is Def way cheaper than cable for me

Ubers are also cheaper than calling taxis in NYC unless there’s a surge