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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LG TVs now shows advertisements on screensavers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] scrion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. You have to go and look for business display panels, e. g. those used for menus in restaurants, fast food chains, display stands etc.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And be ready to pay. And while the panels aren't so bad don't necessarily expect enthusiast-consumer grade features like local dimming zones and whatnot.

Better bet is to just buy the best TV regardless of the crap and never hook it up to the Internet. And amid reports that some even hook into open WiFi signals, maybe open the damn thing and unhook/cut the WiFi antennas.

Then use whatever you like.