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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Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

I really hope indie developers will start moving off Discord. I always really disliked their UI, but it's becoming clear that Discord is not viable in the long-term.