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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And what was wrong with my old widget? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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Spotify has been pissing me off recently. Repeated pop up (internal) ads, and now this. Are there any alternatives that don't require selfhosting?

Cherry on the top: The new widget doesn't work.

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[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

fill your sd card with mp3s ripped from youtube like the olden days