Enshittification • 11 months ago

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People are finally waking up and realizing you are paying to waste a 3rd of your life

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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

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