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Why is Lemmy obsessed with the word "enshittification"? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?

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[-] insufferableninja 1 points 7 months ago

no, afaik that term was coined by author, futurist, and EFF special advisor Cory Doctorow

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

EFF special advisor

TIL.

Yeah, I knew it wasn't coined here, but it does get mentioned a lot.

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