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Enshittification

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Welcome to Enshittification

A community for everyone who misspelt it as enshitification.

"I the onceler felt sad as I watched them all go, but business is business and business must grow, regardless of crummies in tummies you know."

This is your space to document the decay, demise, and destruction of the tech world as we know it. Share stories, articles, and firsthand experiences that capture the ongoing decline of once-celebrated platforms, services, and companies in the late stage capitalist landscape.

From monopolistic corporate shifts to anti-user updates and the relentless pursuit of profit over quality—if it’s broken, bloated, or just plain bad, it belongs here. We’re here to spotlight the moves that make the tech world worse, one piece of enshittification at a time.

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🔹 Positive Monday: The first Monday of every month is reserved for positive content only that shows enshittification isn't inevitable.

Join us to expose the changes that ruin the things we once loved and to discuss what comes next in a tech world gone wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

I was too lazy to switch to Jellyfin, but I think I'll have no choice now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, now I’m just waiting for them to concoct a way to expire old lifetime passes: “Oh you have a pass for Plex1 which has reached end of life — please buy a pass for the all new Plex2!”

I bought a lifetime pass a decade ago or more so my and my immediate family’s personal use is immune, but it screws over some friends who use my server, the fact that they are double charging by getting the server and watcher is mind boggling.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Set up a Jellyfin server on an old Intel laptop, running Ubuntu. Took very little time to get up and running. Mobile clients worked great. Threw a disk full of old media at it. Indexed it all, looked up cover art, and metadata. Really impressed.

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

K. Thx. Bye.