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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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[–] regalia@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago (16 children)

If you have 2 tb + of cloud storage then you are far removed from the average person lol.

[–] kalleboo -2 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I have nearly 2 TB of storage used by iCloud Photo Library and it's mostly just photos and videos of my kids and travel photos taken on my iPhone, I don't feel too far removed from the average person...

[–] regalia@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Maybe try this then, I've heard good things about them. $7/mo for unlimited storage.

https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup/personal

Actually a bit confused by their pricing structure, I think it's $0.005/gb, I could be wrong. So 2tb would be like $20/mo ($10 base + $10 for 2000gb), still pretty cheap.

[–] Chreutz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is only backup. None of the other features that come with Drive

[–] regalia@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago

It also comes at a fraction of the price. If you complain about price, then this is your solution.

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