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.

      • @fulano@lemmy.eco.br
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        131 year ago

        In addition, pirated physical media used to be an easy way for non techy people to acquire media in developing countries.

        • @logen@lemm.ee
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          21 year ago

          Used to be? As late as 2011 I saw entire businesses dedicated to selling pirated movies.

          • @edgesmash
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            71 year ago

            I mean, 2011 was 12 years ago.

            • @logen@lemm.ee
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              11 year ago

              True, but this was in kandahar, I expect not much as changed…Except perhaps the selection.

    • @scorpiosrevenge@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Literally everything was easy about it 5-10 years ago. Even 20yrs ago starting with Napster. Shit was the wild west you could pretty much do whatever you want. Apart from the various rogue virus laden crap. Torrent trackers got good about reporting bad ones though.

    • @Lyricism6055
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      31 year ago

      My usenet provider used to have EVERYTHING. Now they don’t.

      It also used to have free indexers