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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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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Streaming is still cheaper unless you get absolutely everything. It is also straightforward billing. The advertised price is the price you pay. I checked Comcast a week ago and they quote $70 with no contract. And then if you read the fine print, there is also a $25 casting fee and a $10 sports fee. I am going to guess you also cb's fee to rent the cable box for $10-15/month. They can still fuck themselves.

Agreed on Uber and Lyft.

Cloud was never cheaper.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cloud can most definitely be cheaper than on prem when it is managed for scalability. It really depends on the use case, and once a company grows past a certain size with constant traffic then they probably should switch to on prem.

There are a lot of apps that the scalability makes a lot of sense for. Imagine a Christmas related web app. They only experience major traffic during the holidays, so scalable cloud resources would save a ton of money for that compared to an on prem solution.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

True. It largely depends on your workload as well as how consistent it is and what services you are looking to offload. That said, there are a ton of smaller companies that think it is easy and cheap to just throw your servers in the cloud.