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What brands (of anything) in your opinion, have not (yet) been enshittified? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by hedge@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I'm putting this in chat and not in Technology because I'm also wondering about things like clothes, appliances—basically any sort of consumer product, virtual or physical, you can think of that you feel has retained some standard of quality and has not yet been enshittified. I would start by saying that Wikipedia has not yet been enshittified, but perhaps you disagree? Post is inspired by this video.

EDIT: coyotino correctly points out that Wikipedia isn't a product but a service; poor word choice on my part, just trying to cast a wide a net as possible here in the hopes of making a list of "things that are still good that don't suck." Like I said, a wide net 🙂.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I would start by saying that Wikipedia has not yet been enshittified, but perhaps you disagree?

Not enshittified, but I do hate their new design. I'm assuming it's the price I'm paying for donating in the past but clicking "I already donated" on their most recent funding campaign prior to that redesign.

Coming up with an actual answer is harder than I thought. For one, I haven't bought anything new in several years. AFAIK, Brother laser printers are only slightly enshittified now. Does that count?

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use this to retain the old style, if that helps you.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks. It does, but I hate having to use, install, and sync scripts like that (plus user script managers) to make things usable.

However, I forgot about the useSkin=vector trick. I'll just remember to add that lol.

[–] hedge@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t bought anything new in several years. 👍

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 3 months ago

Lol, I've bought stuff but it's either been a consumable or "new to me".