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)

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hasn’t this been known for years? There’s stuff for it built into ad blocking lists and stuff. I use NextDNS on my network, highly recommended.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Watch the video, it's much more extensive and aggressive then it sounds.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah back when you could still get a dumb TV, the smart TVs were cheaper. The only way that makes sense is if they're selling data to subsidize the cost of the TV.