rickyrigatoni comments on YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads

Enshittification

5,285 readers

780 active

485 users here now

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.

founded 3 years ago

moderators

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They have physical books that supplement the printing costs with ads.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 4 child comments

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Libraries still exist for now. Take advantage of them and maybe they won't all get shut down.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

library books are still physical books that sometimes have ads in them to supplement thecost of printing. they don't get conjured up by librarian mages.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

insert gif here

Be a lot cooler if they did

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Those aren't super intrusive. It's not a loud ad that has to load, yell at you and slows down getting to the content I question, and printed ads in books don't disrupt a music listening session by playing shitty ad music between songs as you're getting a specific mood on. Print ads don't bug me the way web and video ads do

permalink

fedilink

source

parent