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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Congrats you discovered Enshittification


edit: that term encapsulates more than just complaining how shitty everything is. It's not a "petty gripe".

Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers (such as advertisers), and finally degrade their services to users and business customers to maximize profits for shareholders.

wikipedia

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When is this fad going to end?!

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When capitalism ends. Or the planet... Whichever comes first.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

People have been complaining about the world going to hell in a hand basket since before hand baskets. There’s just a fun new word for it.