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

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We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

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We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] bonenode@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

How is anyone still putting their hopes in this guy...

Edit: holy shit, I missed the author of this article isn't just some random stooge, it is Cory Doctorow! The dude coining the term enshittification, and even this guy falls for thinking Trump will be on his side. Jeez...

Edit2: ok revising my post a bit. This is more about how what Trump is doing makes US tech less interesting for other countries and therefore tech could improve. Not that I believe some other actor outside US wouldn't do exactly the same with data as US companies, but this isn't what the title implies that Cory actually wants to have Trump do something to improve tech.