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
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
I'm not going to deal with this, unsubscribing. I recommend everyone else to do the same, we can't let them get away with this. You can instead donate to an actually good news source, such as ProPublica. And nyt has a bunch of controversies, listed here. I can't support this with a clear conscience.
Seems like it's all down to whether they paid more to show you their ad than you paid not to see it.
No. Its just greed. Because that math will always work out. If you pay 100 for the service and theycan make 1 extra for showing you ads they will choose the bigger number. They will tell you that its just one ad it's not that much. And you are paying to not see the one you havent seen. But soon it will be 2 ads. Then 3. Then a banner at the bottom. That is enshitification