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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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[-] aux@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use WebTorrent nowadays, since it allows you to stream torrents. But before that, I also used qBittorrent, great application.

[-] Ew0 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Qbit also lets you stream torrents, you just have to 'download in sequential order'.

[-] aux@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Oh didn’t know that, thanks!

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