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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LG Isn't the Only TV Company Spying on You (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by inari@piefed.zip to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It doesn't prevent exactly what my comment said it doesn't prevent 'an adversarial entity physically residing within the space'. If I showed up with a pi bristling with antennas, loaded with an unknown, encrypted payload, and plopped it into your living room, would you just hook it into a vlan and be like "there, now I'm safe"?

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Totally different context, although less and less that's the case. I.e. it used to be enough but yeah. I guess not any more.