It boggles the mind the things MS does to their OS without any apparent shame.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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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 just raises the next question of which text editor to use
EMACS, EMACS, EMACS!
Text editor, not OS!
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At this point anyone that voluntary uses windows is just braindead. I love Linux but if you don't wanna use that then even Mac is better than that... For now
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Next step: add IA to minesweeper and solitaire under a paywall
LOL that's like peak enshittification right there.
Fuck Microsoft. Why bringing Notepad to Microsoft 365 service in the first place? OneNote isn't good?