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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As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Contentedness 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Marketplace is good where I live. And there's one Simpsons Meme page I check every now and then. Honestly if you're after Australian Cricket Simpsons Memes there's nowhere better.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I agree market place is the last remaining reason to have fb.