Why are we such cheapskates?! - CoT Episode 048




Citizens Of Tech show

Summary: In this episode we discuss: Why are we so reluctant to pay for stuff on the internet, iOS 10 Bluetooth woes, hacker economics, 2.5Gbps Cat 5e cabling, Blackberry pivoting to fend off the reaper, Civilization VI may ruin Ethan's life, and much more! What are you willing to pay for? Content isn’t free. It costs time to make, the most valuable resource we have. It costs money to host. We hate ads, but the alternative is to pay. We like privacy, but we often give it away to use a service costing no cash out of pocket. The question is why we are cheap about online services? We’ll drop fat cash to eat out, no problem. But $5 on a service? Or $10? Or $20 each month? That throws us off. And it’s true that a bunch of little services do add up… But still. Are we cheap when we shouldn’t be when consuming online services?iOS 10 Bluetooth Issues https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/29/iphone-7-ios-10-bluetooth-connectivity-issues/ More than half of iOS 10 users are reporting issues.