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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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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They heard customers say they needed the vacuum to suck more, and they delivered the only way they knew how...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They should have strapped a fleshlight to it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Would somebody clean the house then? Everybody would be cleaning their balls.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago

This is just another way to spy/sell user data. Not today, devil.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

-what's that loud noise?

-just my new phone

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry babe, I can’t call tonight, the wifi calling on my washing machine isn’t working

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Call from your fridge, damnit!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

No way bro I’m playing Skyrim on that

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We absolutely must find a problem for this solution. We have spent too much money not to

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

We found a problem. Now you MUST buy OUR solution.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Giant Mobile Phone Prop image

Source (for rent)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No thank you. I don't even make calls on my phone. I'm not paying a subscription to send data about my habits to Samsung.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Let me stand in front of the loud washing machine and make a few phone calls. I do kinda like the idea of a Washer/Dryer in one unit, thats sorta cool, but then they throw all this other useless stuff on it so they can charge more for it.

[–] ininewcrow 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

HI HONEY! .... thud, thud, thud, thud .... YEAH! WORKS FINE!!! ... HOW WAS YOUR DAY!? ... thud, thud, thud, thud ... WHAT'S THAT? HURRY, THE SPIN CYCLE SHOULD START SOON ... thud, thud, thud, thud ... YEAH I PICKED UP THE GROCERIES!!! ... WHEN ARE YOU ?????????? .... ZZZZZZZZZZZ, WWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! .... OH YEAH THE SPIN CYCLE IS ON!!!! .... I SAID THE SPIN CYCLE IS ON!!!!!! ... ZZZZZZZZZZZ, WWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! .... HELLO!!??? .... OK!!!! ..... BYE!!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Future... How companies are seeing it: 😍 How users are seeing it: Fucking 🕵️‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Must be a pretty small segment of the market that wants this much technology in a vacuum but won't just buy a Roomba

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Corporations have really ruined "bespoke" for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wanna bet all this ai push is so they can spy on us more or less in the open?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

My wife is gonna love this!