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.

  • DanTilDawn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There are two techs. There is engineering tech like Steve Wozniak at Apple tech, and there is marketing “Tech” like Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos tech, and Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX tech, and Elon Musk tech. The latter is a series of grifts under the brand of “Tech”