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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Anon notices what they've taken from us (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I shouldn’t have been allowed to have an IR blaster. No restaurant TV was safe.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Good, they should fear us! That and airport/doctor's offices blasting Faux News...