Streaming is still much cheaper than cable.
Assuming netflix vs cable in my xountry... Yeah I know which one has better value.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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If the FTC wasn’t such a limp dick for the past 2 decades, things may have turned out differently. All of these problems are the result of too much consolidation and not enough competition.
That’s why I’m excited about Khan’s FTC since she is actually doing her job. Despite a couple of high profile losses, they’re winning more than they’re losing and, most importantly, they’re deterring anticompetitive mergers since companies now have to think twice or risk a lawsuit.
most open source devs have other jobs
Streaming has become remarkably easy, all in one place and free. No need to even sail any seas these days.
I wonder if all the companies considered that as they raised prices and divided the user base.....
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I'd love a distro for raspi etc that made onroading to pirating really easy. like LibreElec for Raspberry Pi is great, but you have to manually verify the debrid and trakt in settings, i need something boomer-friendly. Like, first run, it gives a debrid verification url prompt, waits for it, then trakt, waits for it, then asks like "which of these popular shows do you like" and offers suggestions to start
Nah that's okay, I much prefer it with the barriers to entry. Making it bang simple for all the normies is how this shit gets locked down and much more difficult for the rest of us.
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Streaming has gone up in price, and ads are sure to come as many streaming services are already complaining about financial strain, but for now it's still ad free and cheaper than cable in my country, by a long shot. Even if I pay for 3 streaming services.
I honestly hope that some of them go under, and have to revert to renting IP to Netflix again.
Torrents, Bicycles and Self Hosting. Stop complaining about the soup at the soup kitchen and make yourself some dinner.
Uber always cost as much as a taxi, it's a private hire taxi company exactly like any other private hire taxi company, their rates are controlled just the same. In the UK, anyway.
Obviously I'm not talking about black cabs, those bastards are ripoff merchants that only tourists use. I'm talking about normal taxis.
In the UK sure, but in the States Uber was half the price of a taxi if not a quarter. In its infancy it was this amazing way to hail a cab, no more run down disgusting vehicles, no more asshole taxi drivers taking the longest route possible to run up the meter. It was nice vehicles and a set price for the ride. It's still mostly that but the prices have sky rocketed.
Was Uber ever cheaper than a cab? I knew about them fairly early on, and even then the prices were way more than a taxi. The only benefit it really offered was that you may not even have access to a taxi service where you are, but Uber drivers could be your next door neighbor.
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