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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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Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

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[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Pathetic

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

Has, yes. For about the last decade, and they're not slowing down

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

Trollbait much, dipshit? :P

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 0 points 6 months ago

Always has been

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