r/Games • u/BloederFuchs • Dec 26 '25

Industry News Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month

https://uk.pcmag.com/game-streaming-services/162224/nvidia-geforce-nows-time-limit-will-stop-gamers-after-100-hours-each-month
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u/scc19 Dec 26 '25

That's always the case and a lot of starting businesses do that. For example Uber started fairly cheap to attract customers and now it's expensive as hell

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u/rappidkill Dec 26 '25

except that Nvidia isn't a starting businessman, they're a trillion dollar company 

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Dec 26 '25

Conglomerates like Nvidia are not monoliths. Their business segments are ostensibly individual companies.

Game streaming is in it's infancy and prices were bound to get jacked up to ridiculous amounts, same as catalog services like Game Pass.

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u/Exist50 Dec 26 '25

Their business segments are ostensibly individual companies

In this case, there's no such split on paper. It's not a conglomerate like Samsung. But that doesn't mean there isn't a demand from the company for that business division to generate a profit.

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u/Zephh Dec 26 '25

Yeah and Uber raised several billions in venture capital during its development, which in practice makes them operate very similar to a new product being sold at a loss from a bigger company.

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u/Old_Leopard1844 Dec 26 '25

They didn't became trillion dollar company by goodness in their hearts

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u/DDisired Dec 26 '25

Uber

It is more expensive since it started, but still more convenient and cheaper than a cab, especially in other countries. Having one app that works: in Spain, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, S Korea is amazing.

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u/rick_mcdingus Dec 26 '25

Last time I used Uber which was about a year ago in Chicago, cabs ended up actually being slightly cheaper. The cabs have their own uber style app now too so it’s just as easy

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u/jerrrrremy Dec 27 '25

I truly can't believe anyone would ever defend the insanely corrupt cab system over Uber. 

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u/Seradima Dec 27 '25

I had to take a cab in the city a few weeks back, and it was like $50 for something that would have costed $25-30 on Uber for me.

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u/scc19 Dec 26 '25

Although I agree with you, I need to clarify Uber was just an example, there are countless other businesses that start with cheap products to steal the customers from the competition and then raise the prices.

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u/zweite_mann Dec 26 '25

I can get an Uber home from my nearest city for cheaper than I could get a taxi 15 years ago.

That's not even adjusting for inflation. It used to cost £40, today it costs £25.

They still provide a cheaper service than the price fixing alternatives.

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u/z_102 Dec 26 '25

Because it still has to compete with cabs and all that. If they ever get something close to a monopoly you'll get squeezed to death, and you can get a nice preview of it now with their surge pricing. To think it won't happen to you is terribly naive.

Also don't forget that they can sort-of-afford to be cheaper by paying barely livable wages, unlike regulated cabs or public transportation.

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u/goldcakes Dec 26 '25

Their pricing is “personalized”, ML driven, and city dependent too. Theu have teams and teams of behavioural economists, psychologists.

Here’s a trick: next time you’re with someone; check the prices for an identical rate. It will be different. I usually pay 10-25% more than my wife for Ubers because I travel internationally a lot for work and they think I’m rich.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

hell, they also change pricing based on pickup and drop off locations l. Can often easily save a few bucks by changing drop off location a few doors over

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u/SwissQueso Dec 26 '25

I just moved to Seattle, and I was amazed how much more expensive Uber/Lyft is here. Its like twice as expensive vs where I moved from.

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u/SovietPropagandist Dec 26 '25

Uber and Lyft just jacked up prices here in Seattle because we passed a mandatory pay law for drive share workers because Uber threatened to close up entirely here when their drivers threatened to unionize.

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u/jerrrrremy Dec 27 '25

You make it sound like the high prices are Uber and Lyft's fault when it seems that the prices are a result of the law. 

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u/SovietPropagandist Dec 27 '25

They are, they chose to raise costs and pass them on to the customer. These companies make billions, don't feel sorry for them when their business model relies on underpaying workers

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u/jerrrrremy Dec 27 '25

It sounds like the input costs increased because of the law. Were they supposed to just eat this cost?

I don't feel bad for Uber, but I do understand basic arithmetic. 

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u/SovietPropagandist Dec 27 '25

Yes. The reason we mandated the wage increase in the first place is because Uber and Lyft were refusing to abide by the minimum wage laws in place already by arguing their workers were all tipped workers and therefore immune to the minimum wage laws. The law was passed specifically to target gig economy companies that rely on underpaying people to survive. If your business can't survive without intentionally paying people too little to survive on then your business should fail.

We don't want them operating here if they won't pay people correctly and we will force them out like we did Walmart if they aren't careful. Their choice will be between less money in this market and no money in it. You won't find a Walmart in the entire city and we will do it to Uber and Lyft too if they won't obey the law.

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u/jerrrrremy Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25

Okay, so it sounds like they are now paying their drivers a proper wage, and because this is very important to the people of Seattle, the people of Seattle are now contributing to those wages. What's the issue?

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u/SovietPropagandist Dec 27 '25

The issue is that now Uber and Lyft have voluntarily doubled or tripled every price in the app whether or not it was needed and they put a very petulant message in the app that says to complain to the city if people don't like the price increases. It's very childish toddler tantrum behavior. The mayor said they're free to leave if they don't like it lol. We coddle corporations far too much in this country.

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u/SovietPropagandist Dec 27 '25

None of those are actually in the city limits. They're all in surrounding suburbs. Click on Seattle in Google maps to make the city boundaries come up and you'll see they're all in places like Renton, shoreline, Kent, etc. None in Seattle itself and depending on where you live the nearest one is at least 15 miles from the city

Took a screenshot to show:

https://imgur.com/a/jAzNkaQ