this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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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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I think you're missing the point.
There's a logo and there's the brand text. You posted the brand text. You didn't post the logo.
It’s also, by definition, not enshitification.
These are logotypes, also known as wordmarks. That is a kind of logo. At least, that is what they are called by the graphic designers who create them.
Thanks. IMHO it makes sense for the word marks to become more legible. Logos should be the unique thing.
Uh okay, substitute "logo" with "brand text", isn't the point the same? There used to be a variety of designs and now it's all the same and boring.
So the text is more legible and the logos are not boring.
That's probably a good thing