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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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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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They were shit forever but it started to show during the Samsung vs Apple years. Jobs said he would go nuclear to not make Android a thing. Any company that want to control every aspect of your digital life is bad. It's like a boyfriend telling his girlfriend, "you're not allowed to have friends that are guys anymore. I'm the only man you talk to". Not a perfect analogy, but it conveys the idea.