• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    My buddy was toying with investing in this service. I cautioned him that he’d be a the mercy of a company that isn’t at all consumer friendly. Case and point

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 days ago

    The endgame of all these subscription services is always the same. They make you reliant, and then they jack prices and reduce service.

    At this point, there are enough exemplars that anyone still buying in is just not paying attention.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Genuinely when there was actually some competition in this space, GeForce NOW was actually the consumer friendly one

    Guess we have another case study in why competition results in worse outcomes for the customer in its eventual conclusion

  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    There’s probably a small portion of people that just leave it on so they never have to wait in queue to get back on.