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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Starlink is retiring Global Roam and capping Roam Unlimited at 30 days abroad (seabits.com)

submitted 2 months ago by mrsilkworm@piefed.social to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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Starlink, after enshitifying low earth orbit, and after its botched IPO, enshitifies Global Roam by capping its usage.

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[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

And yet if you live in a high usage area, you get a $1500 fee. He's just trying to get more profitable to slow the xAI sinkhole.

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