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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[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Neither is creating content. Argue all you want on how Google is evil and doesn’t deserve the money, 50% of the revenue is still going to creators and ad-blockers do cut into there paychecks.

Yes, and a lot of creators I follow said they wouldn’t be able to do the stuff they do if it wasn’t for Patreon, because Youtube pays shit.

If a creator whose main audience is on your platform earns more from an external donation site than from what you’re paying them, there’s something deeply wrong with your system and no one should support it.