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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10-20 years ago shit like this would have destroyed the platform. People who put up with it ruin the entire space. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] jonathan@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Grayjay has been working pretty well for me.

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

For me it does not bypass age verification, even if I enable the toggle on the settings.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you're not going for an open source option just use ReVanced.