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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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As a mechanical engineer that’s used Solidworks for 2 decades, FUCK Dessault Systemes
Hey man, since you're so familiar with solidworks, could you rate my UI setup and toolbar customization? I'm going for peak performance:
Just use insane keycombos like any other normal person, only takes me 4 hours of modeling to remember the basic ones each time