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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is YouTube actively trying to make their platform as unusable as possible?

In case you can’t zoom the YouTube definition of ‘latest’, is any time in the last few years.

My video suggestions are also 50% text posts now for some reason.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Really have to make uBlock work to keep it sane nowadays. Best to just ditch it for any alternate frontend.

Me, I just loaded all my subs into an RSS reader and now I watch it all through mpv. Wouldn't recommend, but one of the best decisions i've ever made.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I use Brave browser which has been more consistent than ABP/uBlock for ad blocking without glitches, but I’m thinking I need a new front end. I’m actually considering paying for Premium, but I have no faith that the UI won’t still be terrible.

We have Grayjay on an android tablet which is brilliant, I’m hoping a windows and iOS version comes out soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's impressively broken