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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago

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.

www.businessinsider.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago
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Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. Namely video streaming, ride-hailing, and cloud computing.
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    It’s just greed. Companies exist to create profit for their shareholders, any social value they produce in the process is strictly incidental.

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      That’s not “greed”. It’s capitalism.

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        Sure, capitalism is a system that rewards greed and egoism ensuring that psychopaths rise to the top of the society.

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          Yawn.

          Or do you think such people don’t rise to the top in socialist systems?

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            Yeah, I think people who rise to the top are products of selection pressures they’re exposed to, and capitalism selects for the entirely wrong things. You’re just another victim of capitalist realism bud.

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        You said greed twice. Or you said capitalism twice.

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