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)

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[–] PeggyLouBaldwin 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

so? find someone to pay you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hmm. Maybe youtube?

[–] PeggyLouBaldwin 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

don't count on it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

But I am. I know I will get paid next month, I can count on it. I couldn't count on it if I was dependent on a few donators.