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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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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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In what way is a landline better for calls? Like I get that the culture around phone calls has changed, but that's not because of a failure or deficiency in the technology. I do remember landlines, and I don't personally share your romanticized nostalgia about talking on the phone, but if I have to make a call I'd definitely rather not be tethered to one place. What is it about landlines that you think is so much better for conversation?