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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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That's it, that's enough. The 20% of Netflix content worth watching can easily be found elsewhere, matey.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Good. I hope this makes everyone more politically thoughtful and active

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I hope so too. The fate of the free world depends on it, but it's not looking very good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Anon just dropped a message to Americans.