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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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[–] sudo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"the cloud isn't tech it's a rental company" is a pretty dumb take tbh.

Like, if you're trying to argue that AWS (or gcp, azure) services don't provide technical solutions that aren't available otherwise you just don't know what you're talking about. Is it expensive, yeah it definitely can be. But cloud is much more than server rentals at this point. Want a host that gives you bare metal? Great there are 'rentals' to choose from. I can see arguing SaaS hasn't really 'tech', but PasS and IaaS provide technology and solutions to problems. I hate Daddy Jeff as much as the next guy but AWS is very much 'tech'.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I could buy a server and run AD. I can rent a cloud server and run AD. In that way, you're correct.

But what I want to do is buy a local server and run AAD. They won't let me. Their cloud solutions are an artificial limitation to force us to rent servers rather than license software. It's another form of vendor lockin.

[–] notatoad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

but what isn't tech, then?

yeah, AWS is tech. but the garage down the street is also selling technology. the landscaping company will sell me a cloud-connected sprinker system, are they a tech business?

"tech" is an investment term to refer to businesses that develop technology that has the potential to turn into huge, currently unknowable growth. tech is a good investment because it's so far ahead of the curve that we don't even know how it will grow yet. if you're selling things that are generally well understood and will scale and grow in a predictable fashion, you're not a tech business. you're a service business.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know how to fix air conditioning? How about program an alarm system? These are side services a storage company provides their clients to enhance their main product. If uber is a taxi company and Netflix is just Blockbuster 2.0, the cloud is just a big Westies in the sky.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The cloud is just data server farms with fancy marketing. Shut your pie hole.