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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Why everything is a subscription ~the enshittification of apps~ (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf to c/enshittification

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I miss the glory days of .99 cent apps. :(

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[–] zoobiedoobie 4 points 1 year ago

Also miss the days when you could remove ads from an app for lifetime by paying 12.99 instead of 1.99 every month.