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.

Image caption: Jim Carrey in a scene from the film ‘The Cable Guy’, 1996. Image credit: Columbia Pictures / Getty Images. Article by Alistair Barr. Insider – August 21, 2023.

• The tech industry has been on a quest for profitability lately.
• To get there, some tech companies have been raising prices.
• The result: Supposedly revolutionary services are looking a lot like what came before. […]

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