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

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We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

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We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] SpacePirate@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Planned obsolescence plus unnecessary app subscriptions for physical hardware, worst timeline.

At least this device doesn’t need the app, but instantly moves this company from near the top of my recommendations for kitchen gadgets, right into the “never recommend” bucket.