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‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything (www.ft.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything::The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?

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[–] mydude@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Enshitification only comes for the things capitalism touches... So yeah, everything...

[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Enshitification comes because of the unsustainable growth required by Capitalism in order to appease shareholders. Line must always go up!

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[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 9 months ago

If ads are pushed into ed(1), then it truly is everything. But, as long as Theo is the leader of OpenBSD, we will always have a free operating system.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Nah, it won't touch projects like KDE.

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I wish it wouldn't come to products.. I understand the need to make a profit, but it shouldn't come at the cost of landfilling perfectly good hardware. I'd love just an affordable tablet with 5+ years of updates and an unlocked boot loader maybe with NO battery, and just a USB

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[–] stockRot@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (8 children)

How has healthcare software like MyChart been enshittified? It's probably the tech I care the most about and the tech no one seems to talk about.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I would love to see someone discuss any enshitification trends with EHR software, as well as any initiatives to bolster FOSS stuff like OSCAR for hospital use cases (far as I know, it's pretty much just used at the clinic level, with more and more uptake of proprietary solutions for that use case as well here in Canada [obligatory Fuck Telus]).

https://fammed.mcmaster.ca/oscar-emr/

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (7 children)

We just need to go back to paying for services. Free free free everything forever is not a sustainable business model. That’s why the big players just sell you to advertisers instead. And everyone is getting pretty grossed out about how much data that actually takes on you, so we’re passing privacy laws. Those laws mean these services can’t be free anymore.

Good. They shouldn’t be free.

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

It is not a sustainable business model because when it becomes paid people will realize they don't need them.

[–] Pizza_Rat@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. This is the silent problem of enormous wealth inequality in the US. As the middle class disappears, fewer people are able to pay small fees to contribute to things like local news, community organizations, and online services.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

EXACTLY! That's why Streaming Services, Online Shopping and tech producers like Apple have NOT begun to Enshittify!

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It WAS coming for everything, but it's been here awhile now.

[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you might as well give up... everything is lost..it's never going to get better but can you put me in your will plz? I want that bag of Cheetos

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That big bag of cheetos? Yeah that still only has like 2.5oz, it too has been enshitified.

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