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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Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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What a perfectly garbage feature.

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I had a truck years ago that, yes, had a center screen. But its backup camera was integrated into the rear view mirror. I really liked that.

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