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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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Cant imagine making 30 k a year and having to pay even 1600 in taxes. This is saying it will increase that much.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Such an astute point! Care to elaborate?

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Sure! NOTHING has been achieved in repelling tyranny or gaining human rights without violence. All of the rights that the Fascist Pedophiles are taking away now were all won through acts of violence or very serious threats thereof. There is NO SITUATION in which tyranny abdicated itself because you begged it to. Not only is violence a legitimate answer to a problem, in political situations it is often the only reasonable response available.

Also, we are, in fact, animals in a very real and literal sense: "a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli." And animals often fight to survive.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Such an astute point! Care to elaborate?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

No need. Some things are just bullshit by their own merit.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

So you have no defense. Figured.