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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Exercise Bike Company Yanks Features Away From Purchased Bikes Via Firmware Update (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

No, no, I'm sure that if we just deregulate harder the invisible hand of the free market will take care of it. Any day now.

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