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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)

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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::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.

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BigTrout75@lemmy.world
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I’m I the only person who goes to the library for movies?

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thayer@lemmy.ca
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Nope, we love our local library for nearly all of our media needs!

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harsh3466@lemmy.world
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You are not!! We utilize the shit out of our library

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phario@lemmy.ca
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Unfortunately here in the UK there has been systematic defunding of things like libraries.

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Ew0@lemmy.sdf.org
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It’s sad really as the idea that you could read a book for free in the 1900s was basically the OG ‘fuck copyright’.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas…

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arglebargle@lemm.ee
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Goes to? Now even many libraries have streaming options.

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solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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At that point? I’d just pirate. Streaming services are for convenience. Going to the library for a physical piece of media isn’t very convenient for me

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Empricorn@feddit.nl
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Your library has free transportation and cloud storage?

You’re cherry-picking and strawmanning like crazy…

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BigTrout75@lemmy.world
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Actually, my library does have free streaming through Kanopy app. It’s pretty good. https://www.kanopy.com/ And my bike provides pretty good transportation.

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Otakulad@lemmy.world
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And video games.

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