CalMatters: Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now a tech migration is riling users . “…today, the entire system with almost 90,000 prisoners is in the midst of a disruptive switch to new tablets from a new vendor. The project is months behind schedule, which temporarily resulted in increased text messaging charges for consumers at the first prison facility where it became fully […]

Global Streaming Subscription Revenue To Hit $200 Billion By 2030 Driven By Price Hikes, Ad Tiers – Report
#News #Adtiers #AmpereAnalysis #Globalstreamingrevenue #Netflix #Pricehikes

https://deadline.com/2026/03/global-streaming-subscription-revenue-200-billion-dollars-2030-1236768959/

PCMag: X Pro, Previously TweetDeck, Now Costs $40 Per Month. “As spotted by MacRumors, the social network moved its X Pro feature to its X Premium+ plan, which costs $40 per month or $395 a year. Until Thursday, March 26, the feature was available to X subscribers who pay $8 per month for its Premium subscription. That’s a fivefold price increase, and X didn’t let Premium customers know in […]

Enshittification Ensures Streaming Prices Soar Faster Than Any Other Consumer Good

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/enshittification-ensures-streaming-prices-soar-faster-than-any-other-consumer-good/

Engadget: Raspberry Pi raises prices, thanks to AI. “The Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 modules are shooting up by $5 to $25, depending on the model and the included amount of RAM. The 16GB memory variants of the Compute Module 5 are going up by $20 and now start at $140. This is a bummer and we know who to thank. It’s the ultimate memory hog of all time, the AI industry.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/07/engadget-raspberry-pi-raises-prices-thanks-to-ai/

Techdirt: Enshittification Ahoy: Streaming Video Price Hikes Show No Sign Of Slowing Down. “Paramount was the latest to boost streaming prices this month as the company tries to recoup debt created by its massive recent acquisition of CBS and Bari Weiss’ weird, overvalued right wing troll blog. In addition to price hikes, companies are intent on just generally being more annoying and making […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/27/enshittification-ahoy-streaming-video-price-hikes-show-no-sign-of-slowing-down-techdirt/

Enshittification Ahoy: Streaming Video Price Hikes Show No Sign Of Slowing Down

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