this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
275 points (96.0% liked)
Enshittification
4963 readers
231 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
I follow design trends and I've been told complexity and uniqueness will make a comeback for 5 years in a row. Will it come back someday? Sure but that day may be decades into the future for all I know. I believe it when I see it.
It'll come back when people feel like being a little silly again. The state of the world right now is very unfun