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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submitted 3 months ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Is that a rhetorical question?

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Pathetic

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Has, yes. For about the last decade, and they're not slowing down

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago

Always has been

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

Trollbait much, dipshit? :P

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