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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"Keep your ad blocker on", does it turn itself off randomly if you don't pay? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Dju@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it was obvious when the original dev sold out, but I could never be seen in public again at this point. It's a disgrace. "hey look guys, it's the one who saved the internet and then sold their dignity because they are a massive pussy!" every second of every day has to be brutal. That check could never be enough for that.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago

It helps if you can wipe your tears away with 100 dollar bills.