"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."

"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."

Discovery+ - $5/month
Fox Nation - $6
Paramount+ Essential - $6
Peacock - $6
Netflix - $7
Disney+ - $8
Hulu - $8
Amazon Prime Video - $9
Disney+ and Hulu - $10
Max - $10
ESPN+ - $11
Paramount+ with Showtime - $12
Disney+ with no ads - $14
Disney+ and Hulu and ESPN+ - $15
Hulu with no ads - $18
Disney+ and Hulu with no ads - $20
Disney+ and Hulu and ESPN+ with no ads - $25
Average cable TV package - $83
A basket of the top US streaming services (selected by the Financial Times) - $87

Uber $51.69 for a 2.95 mile ride in NYC.

Prices raised on Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google cloud services.

Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable

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