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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Google, then vs now (lemmy.world)

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

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Duck Duck Go.

Results might not be as good as peak Google, but they’re definitely serviceable and infinitely better than current Google.

Plus all the bang shortcuts are just the cherry on top.

[–] ikidd 4 points 5 months ago

+1 for bang shortcuts. I use w! and aw! all the time.