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Enshittification

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Welcome to Enshittification

A community for everyone who misspelt it as enshitification.

"I the onceler felt sad as I watched them all go, but business is business and business must grow, regardless of crummies in tummies you know."

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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🔹 Stay on Topic: Only post content about the decline of tech products, platforms, or companies.
🔹 Quality Content: Give some context when posting links or articles to drive quality discussions.
🔹 Respectful Discussion: Critique companies, crappy tech, and capital, not community members.
🔹 Positive Monday: The first Monday of every month is reserved for positive content only that shows enshittification isn't inevitable.

Join us to expose the changes that ruin the things we once loved and to discuss what comes next in a tech world gone wrong.

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Youtube is not full of ads.

This comment was brought to you by Invidious gang.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No ads on my side, either.

This comment was brought to you by the uBlock Origin gang.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Team Kodi checking in. Also on team ad blockers.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Team PiHole, unlock and Privacy Badger here. What’s an ad?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Revanced user here, and I don't have the faintest clue either.

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

When Google started its attack on Invidious, I was forced to try direct YT access. The ads were so frequent and intrusive that I had to walk. It’s intolerable.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

no ads on my side either.

greetings from the ~/.bin/yt gang.

use like yt fHYNyCi2lnA where fHYNyCi2lnA is the youtube video id.

#!/usr/bin/bash

# usage example: yt fHYNyCi2lnA
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
	echo "Usage examples:"
	echo "   yt fHYNyCi2lnA"
	echo "   yt https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=a1oxZ6RtpPk"
	exit
fi

ADDRESS="$1"

# change https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=a1oxZ6RtpPk to a1oxZ6RtpPk

if [[ "$ADDRESS" == *"watch"* ]]; then
	arr=(${ADDRESS//'v='/ })
	ADDRESS="${arr[1]}"
fi


echo video id: "$ADDRESS"

mpv  "https://youtube.com/watch?v=%24ADDRESS"