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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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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Pc building is not cheap these days. I wouldnt say its beyond me but it is not an accessible route and difficult to get parity in features. For one CEC HDMI is nigh impossible on 99% of non custom boards.

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[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago*

It's certainly off the beaten track, and they're definitely outnumbered by all the Android boxes, but they're not hard to find preconfigured either. I'm just kind of biased since I prefer to build stuff myself on principle.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176976068094

Idk if I'd call a $100 set top box (buy once cry once) "inaccessible". Wouldn't be my first choice, and I also wouldn't be surprised if things like this come bundled with spyware/bloatware (just one of many reasons to prefer self-build IMO).

HDMI CEC seems pretty standard on most modern-ish mini PCs as well. They'll run you 2 or 3x the price of the one in the link, but the market's not short on used - I'm still finding somewhat decent deals despite the hysteria around prices.

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