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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submitted 10 months ago by RideAgainstTheLizard@slrpnk.net to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The MSPaint colouring in at the bottom so they had space to write real words is just perfect

[–] hilliard@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

nope, still not going to pay an artist

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

They didn't even know how to use the color picker tool