Enshittification

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds (saigoneer.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by noumenon@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/845753

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Source article says "Vienam;" please correct the post title to reflect this.

[–] noumenon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Already did, ty

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No, this post title incorrectly says "Vietnam." The article says "Vienam."