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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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? (www.theguardian.com)

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Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

browser support to enter the address and credit card details makes a 1-time purchase less of a hassle

Do not ever use the built-in browser credential storage; use an exterior system. - !privacy@programming.dev