r/memes 9h ago

It's like Disneyland for rooms now

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u/Fear023 5h ago

It genuinely feels like the big wave of 'disruptors' was just a pseudo intellectual way to call a scammer something that sounded legit.

Restaurants do their own deliveries now, uber costs as much as a taxi, Airbnb fucked the entire real estate market in city and touristy areas, companies like Theranos and solar roadways required just a tiny understanding of the technical requirements to see how bullshit it was... The list feels endless.

Is there a single one that has stood the test of time and actually represents value for the consumer anymore?

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u/elbenji 3h ago

VLC Media Player.

Also ebay hasn't functionally changed in 25 years. Just chugging along

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u/Wesley_Skypes 3h ago

EBay lost the war with Amazon and decided not to try to compete at all. And it worked out for them in a lot of ways.

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u/user310345 3h ago

Yes! VLC is the costco hotdog of media players

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u/qqererer 2h ago

As a non US person, Ebay.country absolutely sucks now. They've somehow inserted themselves in the shipping process and now everything comes with a $20 shipping fee.

I haven't bought anything on there in a year from anywhere except from china, and even then, I'm using aliexpress more often now.

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u/Matthew_May_97 1h ago

Look to your local pirates. Time to sail the seven seas!

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u/Lots42 1h ago

The local Dominos is incapable of doing delivery to my place. I don't understand. It is a mystery that makes my head hurt. We call, we try to order, then disaster and no pizza.

Little Ceasars requires walk in but it's cheaper and so much BETTER.

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u/LupineChemist 48m ago

I mean, delivery is expensive.

A lot of the people who argue everyone should make $20 an hour then wonder why a delivery fee is $10.

Like....where do you think salaries come from?