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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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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I'm confused, I have a OnePlus 13 and it says I'm running 16.0.2.403

There isn't an update available at this time. So should I just not update if prompted?

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

They’re not blocking custom ROMs, just ones with older blobs. Right?

[–] rotkehle@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

wow that's some complete bullshit.

[–] 2xar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have a 5 year old android phone that I'm super happy with (still fast, OLED screen, cameras on par with current phones, 2 day battery life etc.). Apart from the fact that google has started to kill it. E.g they won't allow banking apps to be installed, because it's android 11. So One+ was one of the brands on the shortlist for my next phone. Guess they're off now.