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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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Completely depends on the circumstance. Do logos of global icons like McDonald's, Apple or Volkswagen's need to be readable? No. Of course not because they're everywhere. Does your local electrician's logo need to be readable because it's literally just their family name? Yes. Yes, it absolutely needs to be readable.