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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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app (arstechnica.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18724475

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if you read the article, but it's a $2 fee per month not 10, and current/past users are grandfathered in. New accounts made after Aug 21 will be charged. It's a stupid decision that will cost them a fortune from bad press alone, but they have done almost exactly what you've said.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I had not read it. I appreciate the correction