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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Netflix is starting to phase out its cheapest ad-free plan (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] alchemist2023@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

and so I return to the high seas..

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Oh man, i was really early into using netflix, i had to use a vpn for the first year or so because it wasn't available where i live. Back then i thought this is gonna be a steam situation where i stop pirating stuff for good. How innocently stupid i was