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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Ads Have Officially Gone Insane (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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The internet didn't use to have so many ads and the commercials from the past used to actually entertain us. Today, brands just flash their products and expect us to buy it. And as if we didn't have enough ads here on planet Earth, tech bros are now attempting to deploy ads into space.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ads have been insane since before I was even born.🤷‍♂️

"Seen this commercial on TV the other day, starts off with a woman with a black eye and she's like 'My husband beats me. I had a miscarriage. I owe the IRS $50,000.' and then it just said 'got milk?'"