For enshitification, I mean that it’s the same thing but it got worse. Like how Reddit used to have an open API. And how X was balanced in the past didn’t promote certain viewpoints. It’s the same product as before that just got worse. It’s something that happens a lot with social media.
Releasing new content with ads, DLC, or gambling isn’t enshitifying something. It’s releasing something new which is shitty. It’s new content which is in addition to the previously released content. Those older games, podcasts, videos, music, and apps are still available. And they are likely cheaper, have less ads, and are easier to access than before.
Olympic levels of mental gymnastics here if I’m being honest.
You’re just wrong. Enshittification is about corporations putting more and more increasingly invasive forms of monetization on things we use in our lives. Often it is driven by market monopolization.
That old content you want to view is often not available anymore OR is available behind additional paywalls (looking at you Nintendo and Sony). Its not about that old content becoming shitty necessarily but the overall state of the platforms we use being rather antagonistic towards their users to generate some more sweet profits.
You should go read how Cory Doctrow talks about it. He invented the word. I’m using his definition not whatever you’ve decided it means to you to frame your argument.
Any innovation that these companies deliver is a happy accident on the way to trying to squeeze you for more money. And when that fails they will just try to consolidate their monopoly further so next time you’ll have even less choice.
For enshitification, I mean that it’s the same thing but it got worse. Like how Reddit used to have an open API. And how X was balanced in the past didn’t promote certain viewpoints. It’s the same product as before that just got worse. It’s something that happens a lot with social media.
Releasing new content with ads, DLC, or gambling isn’t enshitifying something. It’s releasing something new which is shitty. It’s new content which is in addition to the previously released content. Those older games, podcasts, videos, music, and apps are still available. And they are likely cheaper, have less ads, and are easier to access than before.
Olympic levels of mental gymnastics here if I’m being honest.
You’re just wrong. Enshittification is about corporations putting more and more increasingly invasive forms of monetization on things we use in our lives. Often it is driven by market monopolization.
That old content you want to view is often not available anymore OR is available behind additional paywalls (looking at you Nintendo and Sony). Its not about that old content becoming shitty necessarily but the overall state of the platforms we use being rather antagonistic towards their users to generate some more sweet profits.
You should go read how Cory Doctrow talks about it. He invented the word. I’m using his definition not whatever you’ve decided it means to you to frame your argument.
Any innovation that these companies deliver is a happy accident on the way to trying to squeeze you for more money. And when that fails they will just try to consolidate their monopoly further so next time you’ll have even less choice.