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The cloud is still pretty cheap. Getting cheaper if anything.
Good thing I've been getting my media from the high seas for years, never used an uber, and I don't give a shit about the cloud.
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As far as Ubers, I'm happy to pay them as much as taxis in tips at least — the people driving them are hard working people who could use it.
But dang, there's lots of streaming services. The new rise of piracy is not surprising.
I think it says something that people feel the need to subscribe to half a dozen services.
Never even mind piracy, people don't need to be binging TV endlessly.
reminds me of when when banks introduced ATMs as a method to "reduce costs for the consumer" but it became a profit center, paid for by those same consumers. no consumers saved a dime