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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YouTube is experimenting with server-side ads (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Dju@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Many physical books have ads in the beginning and end. I would dare to say all. At the very least, a small "banner" ad for the publisher on one page.

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you have to watch it for 30 seconds before you're allowed to turn the page? Does it pop up every 5 pages and can't be skipped?

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol sorry, are advertisements that aren't intrusive not considered advertisements to you??? Maybe that mindset is why the internet is unusable without an ad blocker..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I still think you dont know the difference between a magazine and a book, and that scares me tbh.