this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
124 points (99.2% liked)

Enshittification

1034 readers
192 users here now

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.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Another method of bypassing the account lockdown still exists. You simply have to enter OOBE\BYPASSNRO in the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup process, which allows you to skip the connection to the Internet and thus also the link to a Microsoft account.

[–] Speculater 3 points 1 month ago

I accidentally did this with a clean install by not having Wi-Fi drivers installed.

[–] isles 2 points 1 month ago

I couldn't get the command prompt up (Shift+F10 I believe) on the last laptop I bought, which I think had Windows 11 SE (don't let the name fool you, it's the worst one). I just installed Windows 10 instead

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Is oobe\bypassnro limited to Pro versions?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 1 month ago