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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LG TVs now shows advertisements on screensavers (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's possible, Good luck finding dumb TV in the store.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The internet is for:

porn
finding hospitality/digital signage displays, which have even better specs than consumer ones, because they aren't subject to the same energy saving regulations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

In a store? No. Online? Searching for "dumb TV" produces lots of options.