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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Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/enshittification

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Insta-what?

I dropped all Meta products years ago and life has been so much better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been considering joining Instagram just so I can follow specific celebrities.

I've never had an Instagram account. I've held out for a while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is nothing wrong with Instagram as a concept. The problem is Meta's software and policies. If you are truly interested in following certain celebrities in it, I would recommend searching for FOSS projects that allow you to do that without Meta software or joining their eco-system.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 5 months ago

Meta is the worst company, run by the worst person. It's a shame too, because they've completely destroyed websites that used to bring us together across great distances. Now their sites are just a garbage fire. What a loss.