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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submitted 2 months ago by Ultragigagigantic to c/enshittification

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[–] dejected_warp_core 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the way.

The current model tries to fight back against this by having a release or "broadcast" schedule so the latest season of a show isn't binge-able. I also think the whole mess relies pretty heavily on FOMO with the current fandom and the desire for a spoiler-free experience. Otherwise, it's much cheaper to permanently stay a year or two behind everyone else well after full seasons are released (and the reviews are in).

If I'm right, we'll eventually see more draconian policies to "lock in" subscribers somehow. (I'll leave it at that - please don't give them ideas)

[–] Buddahriffic 4 points 2 months ago

What like free blowjobs on renewal?