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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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Wow! That is getting even worse than before. Thanks.
I am trying to stick to my plan of never you tube again, not to mention video being a horribly slow way to convey information.
First of all, if @geerlingguy@mastodon.social had a PeerTube, I would've linked that instead. (And yes, I username-pinged him on purpose -- assuming that works between Lemmy and Mastodon? -- and I hope he takes the hint.)
Second, he does tend to have blog posts that go with his videos, so you can just read that instead: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/bambu-lab-abusing-open-source-social-contract/
I should've put it in the post body; sorry. I'll do that now.
Hey thanks! I appreciate pinging the guy too.
The blogpost is helpful.
@grue @NewNewAugustEast Heh, so few people write anymore :(
I try to not only write, but I also cut down my videos to be 5-10 minutes on average, without fluff, because I like the LockPickingLaywer philosophy: respect your viewers' time.