You forgot "cable television, but over the internet and no one has all the channels."
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So, Internet cable TV
Personally I'm a fan of fake certificate that says you paid money for one of the plagiarism machine's works
I swear that most commenters are young people because back in the 90s-2000s, taxis and hotels were hot fucking garbage.
Taxis would go on joy rides to up the cost or refuse you if you were black.
Hotels would tell you to go suck a dick because their price listed outside is not for you, and if you want a place, they have a room with roaches near the heater.
Uber/Airbnb were gamechangers that broke that monopoly.
Unfortunately, they have gotten to shit. But you know what? Taxis and hotels have cleaned up their act. Because the moment they go to shit again, Uber/Airbnb will come in and eat their lunch.
When you call a cab it was often a game of 'will the can actually show up?"
Ah yes, I too remember the good old days of stumbling home drunk in the dark because my cab never came.
Don’t forget they take you the long way and go slow
I have fond memories of sitting drunk on a driveway waiting for the promised cab for hours. Because if they drive up and didn't see you, they were gone.
Taxis in my country would routinely ask for extra (usually 25-30% of the total fare) or have you pay them a fixed amount that's way higher than if only the meter was used (about 2-3x the normal fare) . There are also taxis that have meters that are way too fast. Uber was a godsend when it first came out here.
In Italy taxis are a monopoly and uber is forbidden. For a 1h ride they ask you 120-150€. Luckily by train you can do the same ride quicker and for 5-10 euro.
The solution to the taxi problem is not Uber, it's functional public transport. I'm nearing 40 and I've taken probably less than 20 cab rides in my home country in my life (traveling to countries with poor public transport is a different story). And I grew up in the middle of nowhere.
Airbnb is trickier. It's done good things for travelling, but terrible things for housing affordability in popular locations. Tourist towns have priced out locals because investors buy apartments to rent out via some broker.
Uber and Airbnb DID break that monopoly but they got their competative advantage by simply breaking the laws that existing taxis and hotels were required to adhear too. Still do break those laws but weight of cash > law.
Laws that the taxi and hotel companies lobbied for to stop competition.
And also (for Airbnb at least) regular zoning laws meant to prevent subletting and the loss of affordable housing to illegal hotels.
Almost as if it’s not the commodities that are the problem, but the economy they operate. 🧐
I only know taxis and hotels as normal boring things in this time range.
They always where. Except in big touristic cities. There everything still is shit.
So nothing changed. We went from shit taxis and hotels to shit taxis and hotels complemented with shit uber and shit airbnb.
Ssdd.
I've never really had problems with taxis and hotels from the late 90s-2010s, only if I had a language barrier or a unique circumstance, mostly all my hotel problems involved other guests. Hotels were definitely cheaper I'd prefer to go back to that.
Calling AirBnB "a hotel chain" is an insult to hotels.
Hotels don't require you to clean somebody else's house while you are on vacation like a maid, and then charging you a cleaning fee for missing a spot. There isn't even much of a price difference nowadays, so staying at a hotel wins every time.
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Doorbell camera surveillance network
I'll take the surveillance cameras strapped to a garbage screen strapped directly to my face with controllers
"Fake money for criminals" The US dollar has been around for quite some time...
In case any of you are confused about what these are supposed to be:
Uber/Lyft
AirBnB
Bitcoin
ChatGPT
Money for criminals*
Until everybody ruined it. When people started investing instead of spending, we were fucked.
Yeah I still stand by the technology (Eth and other smart coins, not Bitcoin), but there's just so much bullshit surrounding the tech that it makes it really unpalatable and trashy
Me too. As long as there's a demand for services that can't be paid for in regular currency, crypto will be around.
all money is fake tho?
Feel free to give me any of your fake money.
My favorite is still "Human Misery Threshold" for businesses
Plagirized reddit
- User-stocked adictive digital social circle.
- Digital news media sources using Pavlovian click-response headlines.
- Human subconscious-targetting product promotion systems.
- Automated individual tracking and digital-model building systems.
Can we have option 4?
-Love all the disruption and none of the intended product
Edit: or the option where I can count…
Image Transcription: Twitter Poll
Adam Kotsko, @adamkotsko
What's your favorite tech innovation?
Illegal cab company [16%]
Illegal hotel chain [17%]
Fake money for criminals [32%]
Plagiarism machine [35%]
I misread "Illegal crab company" and was so confused.
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