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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Please stop (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

-what's that loud noise?

-just my new phone

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Call from your fridge, damnit!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

No way bro I’m playing Skyrim on that