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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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad (www.tweaktown.com)

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[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

At this point anyone that voluntary uses windows is just braindead. I love Linux but if you don't wanna use that then even Mac is better than that... For now

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Did you mean to suggest that Mac is better than Linux? In what way?

[–] cactopuses@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

They meant better than what MS is doing. Basically Linux would be choice one, but failing that get a Mac. Until they go the same direction.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Ye exactly

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.