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.

[Tribal Outkast]

If you’re constantly streaming and downloading things, you can easily burn through that easily. That’s not even factoring in how some companies are doing data caps and charging for anything above it.

Them data caps be killing me smh. I stream apple a lot because I drive a lot. They definitely be capping shot even when they say it’s unlimited. That shyt is so annoying. People can keep lying to themselves acting like they’re saving a whole bunch of money when they’re not. Tubi is free and they’re killing these paid streaming apps off free promo alone. I know these companies see this lol. I find myself using Tubi the most out of all my apps. I have to force myself to use them shyts.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Never got into Airbnb

I don’t want to worry about one single thing when I hit my destination. I want my room cleaned, towels changed, access if I somehow misplace my key/card, no concern about noise levels, go downstairs if I want a good meal, etc.

I do not understand the hype with Airbnb. Like, it’s one thing if you’re actually renting a villa or compound and there is staff, but if I am renting someone’s home and I have to look after everything myself? How is that a vacation? TF??

Yeah I had a friend who convinced me and a few friends to rent one. He was so annoying trying to keep the shyt clean and it made me not want to do it again lol. I’m not an old nasty type person but dude was doing waaay too much. This is why we book hotels and let the housekeeper clean shyt lol

 

[Gloxina]

Yeah I had a friend who convinced me and a few friends to rent one. He was so annoying trying to keep the shyt clean and it made me not want to do it again lol. I’m not an old nasty type person but dude was doing waaay too much. This is why we book hotels and let the housekeeper clean shyt lol

I’m saying.

 

[Braman]

Spot on ….can lie tho it’s pretty damn brilliant w/ Uber. I remember when Uber was brand new I never heard of it but I was outta town and my homies who bar hop and hang with white folk were all on it. It was so new and hip that they were talking about it like it was free.

Now some 10 years later it’s engrained in the culture. My 15 year old nephew takes metro but he’s meeting with his friends and wants to get there faster so he wants to call a $30 Uber. He has no idea how unecesssrily expensive that is. Similar to Starbucks. Make in engrained into the culture to the point people don’t realize a $7 coffee is NOT normal

 

[jadillac]

MOTHAfukkA!!!!!

You just made me check YoutubeTV because last I saw, I was paying $64 a month. That stopped March 2023. Its been $72 since. I still prefer it to cable but what the fukk. They absolutely roped my ass in at $50 some years ago. Google be sneak dissing my wallet.

One thing that ticks me off, probably the only thing I dislike, is that you can't channel surf.

Even with plutotv, which is free, you can scroll up and down thru the channels, whereas with YTTV u have to use the guide

 

[Braman]

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

It's become a nikka flex

‘Private villa we don’t go near a resort’

Drake know what’s up. If you got a bunch of nggas or even just a solo/bae trip fukk a hotel or resort get that villa. Especially somewhere with unique locale. Did Airbnb in Cost rica

 

[At30wecashout]

One thing that ticks me off, probably the only thing I dislike, is that you can't channel surf.

Even with plutotv, which is free, you can scroll up and down thru the channels, whereas with YTTV u have to use the guide

Imma be real brah, I don't even get the best use out of YTTV. I only got comfortable with it because of NBA being on there and unlimited cloud storage. There are local channels I am more interested in that aren't on there, so Google monthly gets to tell me to put a quarter in my ass since I keep playing myself.

 

[Cakebatter]

smart ones are just using a site like onetwothree movies and pirating everything. these prices are so outrageous its literally pissing me off.

none of the services turn a profit cus the business model is flawed. their stocks are reliant on new subscribers. netflix pulled that bullshyt cus their subscribers were plateauing. soon netflix will be $25-$30 a month. hbo max is already at $20 for 4k. its horrible

It wasn't that long ago Firesticks were all the craze. My boy who lives overseas says IPTV is the craze there.

 

[jadillac]

Imma be real brah, I don't even get the best use out of YTTV. I only got comfortable with it because of NBA being on there and unlimited cloud storage. There are local channels I am more interested in that aren't on there, so Google monthly gets to tell me to put a quarter in my ass since I keep playing myself.

I don't hardly watch mine period. Especially during nonfootball season. I really just have it so ny mom can watch her shows

 

[melraH]

Surprised alot of people in here don't fukk with IPTV....either they don't know how to set it up or just don't know period....I pay $10 a month for access to everything.....all the sports, PPV, International cable etc ...

I pay 6 and getting channels from everywhere. All sports , PPV's, new movies, new shows on demand. And then I stream from Debrid or Usenet sources for like another 4 to 7 dollars depending on which service I use. There is no boycott , no cancel culture bullshyt If I want to watch Cosby Show there it is. Usenet is a Gem when it comes to this they have all the old school, rare and obscure shows and movies. Debrid does too but Usenet digs a lil deeper

It works with most platforms but I recommend a cheap Android TV box the goat cheap device right now

Spoiler

20 Dollar ONN box from Walmart you'd be surprised at what can it do for 20 bucks fire tv devices are full of ads and if you dont have a web(DNS) filter it will slowdown your internet trying to phone home all the time spying on you. Although hardware wise The new Fire cube is dope and cheap but you have to DNS Block all them amazon request it sends over 3000 + queries a day back to Amazon about the same than what cellphones do if left unchecked but they don't need permission to use the Mic or nothing it just spies on you 24/7 hoping to recommend a product to you

if you Gon be Pirating online. And of course don't use your Government Name, your regular or work email , don't use your main phone or phone number, don't pay with your main Credit card or a Debit card use a pre-pay card or Crypto for full Privacy and protection of your data. Cause if major companies are legally spying and snooping on you and have "data leaks" then so do small ones that dabble in Ilegal waters. And scammers are not Fukkin around with this A I shyt.

Save ya dough but be smart and stay safe outchea shiet even if you paying for a legal streaming service dont hand them out your info for free.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

I pay 6 and getting channels from everywhere. All PPV's, movies, shows on demand. And then I stream from Debrid/Usenet sources for like another 4 to 7 dollars depending on which service i use. There is no boycott , no cancel culture bullshyt If I want to watch Cosby Show there it is. Usenet is a Gem when it comes to this they have all the old school, rare and obscure shows and movies.

....you already know....

 

[tgu]

I’ll agree with OP and my examples are barbers. They force you to go on the app since they don’t do walk-ins. Cool. App says cut is $45! Cool. I want to make an appointment for Tuesday at 2:30 yet somehow the app is saying that this time slot is highly coveted and the new price is now $60. How tf is a typical dead ass part of the day highly coveted and why is the price getting jacked up 33%. It’s all BS and we’ve become willing participants to it.

Surge pricing for haircuts?!? Wtf

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Surge pricing for haircuts?!? Wtf

Yes bruh....shyt is wild af out here

 

[re'up]

Streaming is pretty exhausting. When it works, it's perfect, but often, there's too many "minor barriers" when I want to watch something. And too much content overall to subscribe to more than 3

I have Max
Netflix
and Amazon Prime, which is somehow connected through my Mom's account

but these are primarily corporate businesses, and streaming more than any other is tied to larger corporate backers, it was always going to be like this. Esp. with the way content is sold by rights, so it's a constant horse trading of blocks of movies and shows, across the services. It's a mess. I remember feeling like this would be likely a few years back.

but, have NO desire to go back to cabe.

 

[re'up]

I don't drive, and I use ride share, but love a good taxi in a real metropolitan area. The constant updates with Lyft,

your ride is 2 minutes
your driver is arriving
your driver is here
you have 5 minutes
your driver is leaving soon
you have arrived

plus, just the receipts and the location tracking, yes, Lyft is selling your shyt to third party data brokers

the freedom and discretion of a cab is much better, for a short trip. You can direct the drivers a little more, if you need to stop, and they don't get all panicked.