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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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[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 82 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They heard customers say they needed the vacuum to suck more, and they delivered the only way they knew how...

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They should have strapped a fleshlight to it.

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

Would somebody clean the house then? Everybody would be cleaning their balls.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 38 points 2 days ago

This is just another way to spy/sell user data. Not today, devil.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

-what's that loud noise?

-just my new phone

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sorry babe, I can’t call tonight, the wifi calling on my washing machine isn’t working

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Call from your fridge, damnit!

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

No way bro I’m playing Skyrim on that

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We absolutely must find a problem for this solution. We have spent too much money not to

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago

We found a problem. Now you MUST buy OUR solution.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Giant Mobile Phone Prop image

Source (for rent)

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No thank you. I don't even make calls on my phone. I'm not paying a subscription to send data about my habits to Samsung.

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Must be a pretty small segment of the market that wants this much technology in a vacuum but won't just buy a Roomba

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let me stand in front of the loud washing machine and make a few phone calls. I do kinda like the idea of a Washer/Dryer in one unit, thats sorta cool, but then they throw all this other useless stuff on it so they can charge more for it.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

HI HONEY! .... thud, thud, thud, thud .... YEAH! WORKS FINE!!! ... HOW WAS YOUR DAY!? ... thud, thud, thud, thud ... WHAT'S THAT? HURRY, THE SPIN CYCLE SHOULD START SOON ... thud, thud, thud, thud ... YEAH I PICKED UP THE GROCERIES!!! ... WHEN ARE YOU ?????????? .... ZZZZZZZZZZZ, WWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! .... OH YEAH THE SPIN CYCLE IS ON!!!! .... I SAID THE SPIN CYCLE IS ON!!!!!! ... ZZZZZZZZZZZ, WWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! .... HELLO!!??? .... OK!!!! ..... BYE!!!!!!!

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago

Future... How companies are seeing it: 😍 How users are seeing it: Fucking 🕵️‍♂️

[–] perniciousanteater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Corporations have really ruined "bespoke" for me

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Wanna bet all this ai push is so they can spy on us more or less in the open?