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GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

I guess so. But the original definition was useful and encapsulated a specific thing. And then everyone discarding that definition is a bummer. But it’s not like there is anything to be done about it. And Doctoro has said he’s not too annoyed by it himself.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I wholeheartedly agree. I love when I hear a new word, and a mushy concept just snaps into focus. Like, yea, I understood that concept in my "gut" but had not special word for it? So gratifying.

    Feels like theft when it gets appropriated to something else.

    Glad to hear Cory is cool w/ it. Putting a word (even by accident) to a poorly-expresable part of the human experience that let's people communicate more effectively? That is a contribution to society that most of us only dream of. Fucker did it by accident. Thrilled for him.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think saying AI is being enshittified is too far from the orignal essay

    This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit. From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle.

    The AI companies were definitely subsidizing usage of the tech in the hopes of getting people locked in. Don't think people are all that locked in. Probably some people are, suppliers like NVIDIA seem pretty locked in. But I don't think there's all that much to direct to shareholders relative to what they put into it to try to get lock in.

    So it's kinda failed enshittification? Premature enshittification... preshittification?

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