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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Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days (www.dexerto.com)

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've bought TVs from Amazon that come auto-connected to my wifi... I guess since Amazon already has that data from my other devices?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

guessing it also came linked to your azn account, then, too? that's marketed as a 'feature' for your 'convenience'.