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 13 hours 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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[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The Amazon Music app for android is garbage.

[–] hobata@lemmy.ml 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is there anything at all that comes from Amazon that isn't garbage?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

In my experience most of their drivers are pretty nice despite the abhorrent work conditions

…other than that? Not that I can think of….