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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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My Macbook M1 Air lasted 3.5 years before the logic board died. Although to be fair that's longer than my HP laptops.
The Apple representative though told me that support for the laptop would end in a year or two which is sad because it's still a very capable laptop otherwise. Asahi Linux is a neat project, won't help with firmware updates though.
Same. I liked the chassis hardware. But so fragile. Pre butterfly, if anyone's interested.