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> Then came the age of the streaming services, and for a time it was good again. It resembled the cable age of old, but with the power of choice! Maybe this wa
by yellow_lead 3y ago
> Then came the age of the streaming services, and for a time it was good again. It resembled the cable age of old, but with the power of choice!
Maybe this was because VCs were footing the bill. Once companies have to be profitable the fun seems to end.
- edgyquant 3y agoVCs footing the bill for such large disruptions of entire sectors only for them to end up the same seems like it should somehow be illegal. Uber killed off cab companies by being subsidized only to end up more (or just as) expensive except it screwed the workers in the process.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoas far as I know cab companies are alive and kicking, they were just forced to give better service due to the increased competition. And I can tell you I unequivocally prefer cab over uber, cab drivers are humans, uber drivers are fleshy extensions of an algorithm. By this I mean I can ask a cab driver to wait and take me home, I cannot ask that of an uber driver.