"You are the victim of a con - one so pernicious that you've likely tuned it out despite the fact that it's part of almost every part of your daily life... It pokes and prods and twists millions of little parts of your life, and it's everywhere, so you have to ignore it, because complaining about it feels futile, like complaining about the weather."

Fucking preach. I know this is about tech enshittification but there is perhaps no more succinct summary of life under capitalism.

I didn't read all of it because its very wrong but one thing he is right about is that the average technology enjoyer has no idea how much they are being abused, disrespected and taken advantage of every time they engage with technology. Mostly because they have no frame of reference. As a seasoned technology user I have experience wading through the sewage of proprietary mainstream technology but people like me make up almost 0% of the total consumer base.

I don't know this guy so i couldn't get a bead on whether he's dancing around blaming capitalism because he doesn't want to alienate the reader or because he hasn't been exposed to theory to make the jump. If it's the latter it feels like he's almost there.

Good read. i love a good long rant. Juicy, chunky, palpable anger jumping and boiling right outta the page