Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

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

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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Amazon inform Prime members that its bundled music benefit will introduce ads and drop offline downloads on July 2;HD, Ultra HD, and Spatial Audio will require a separate Amazon Unlimited subscription (consumerrights.wiki)

submitted 1 day ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/technology/p/1175761/amazon-inform-prime-members-that-its-bundled-music-benefit-will-introduce-ads-and-drop-o

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1175760/amazon-inform-prime-members-that-its-bundled-music-benefit-will-introduce-ads-and-drop-o

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thats the worst way of doing this. You never take away things people already had and then ask them to pay for it. I know i would never continue to use this if they did that. Never used it, but I hear its awful anyway.

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 5 points 1 day ago

they've done it before, they'll do it again.. and again.. and again.. because people keep giving them more money.