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this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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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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I'd say you're doing something wrong then already. There's no reason to tolerate any deliberate assault on your mental integrity, e.g. ads. At least when there're solutions as simple as configuring adblockers / using alternative apps. It's harder with ads in your city.
Yeah, everyone could be use ad blockers but that’s a bit victim-blamey of you. “Shouldn’t have dressed… err... configured your browser that way…”
A better solution is to pressure them to stop the flagrantly abusive advertising.
In my mind, it's more of digital hygiene than victim-blaming. The core issue remains: even seemingly innocent ads ("we sell bananas") are manipulative in their intent, and they introduce interruptions into your flow of thought. That's already abusive.