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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Anon notices what they've taken from us (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/12741016

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[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ugh, I was just telling the youngins about the old phones with the IR blasters that let you control everything. Those were the days

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Xiaomi phones still have those.