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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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[–] Rognaut 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh no no, you can't use that. That's piracy 'member?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I know you're joking and referencing Linus, but you can consider it piracy and still be ok with doing it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Saying that like Linus hasn’t been pro piracy for as long as I remember