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Enshitification

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Welcome to Enshitification

A community for everyone who didn't realise it was spelled 'enshittification'.

This is your space to document the decay, demise, and destruction of the tech world as we know it. Share stories, articles, and firsthand experiences that capture the ongoing decline of once-celebrated platforms, services, and companies in the late stage capitalist landscape.

From monopolistic corporate shifts to anti-user updates and the relentless pursuit of profit over quality—if it’s broken, bloated, or just plain bad, it belongs here. We’re here to spotlight the moves that make the tech world worse, one piece of enshittification at a time.

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[–] rigatti 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Really feels like it ramped up more in the 20s than the 10s.

[–] Aneb 6 points 3 weeks ago

We can blame AI and the reproduction of absolute sh*t and misinformation spreading like a wildfire. Its not all one thing but a zenith of shitposting that got us here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The article literally details the timeline and it’s not 2020

[–] rigatti 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm just commenting based on my own experience. I thought we were allowed to do that on internet forums.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes I wonder if we don't need a reset. An internet more resilient to the issues of the internet of the 20s, such as:

  1. huge pages for kilobytes worth of content
  2. everyone and their dog gets your personal info
  3. advertisement / spam / marketing everywhere
  4. walled gardens and paywalls everywhere
  5. scrapping against consent

I believe that #1 and #2 could be addressed by the popularisation of protocols like Gemini (not to be confused with Google's LLM). The other three are trickier; you want the ability to kick out uncooperative parties (corporations, advertisers, etc.), without the ability to kick out your typical human user... and that's like trying to eat the cake and have it too.