On: Consumers are increasingly pushing back against pr...

[metaphor]

> same comcast plan as I signed up for in 2012 (80/5 for $78/mo total with modem rental then)

> Only now I pay $106/mo (w/modem rental).

The price you're paying today has merely tracked nominal inflation relative to the price you were paying 12 years ago[1].

[1] https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=78&year1=20120...

[xnx → metaphor]

Tech should get cheaper and faster every year.

[formerly_proven → xnx]

Except GPUs, you’re paying Jensen’s constant – 25 bucks per TFLOP – until further notice.

[chgs → metaphor]

In competitive markets prices have collapsed. US domestic internet appears to be very uncompetitive.