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Enshittification

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Welcome to Enshittification

A community for everyone who misspelt it as enshitification.

"I the onceler felt sad as I watched them all go, but business is business and business must grow, regardless of crummies in tummies you know."

This is your space to document the decay, demise, and destruction of the tech world as we know it. Share stories, articles, and firsthand experiences that capture the ongoing decline of once-celebrated platforms, services, and companies in the late stage capitalist landscape.

From monopolistic corporate shifts to anti-user updates and the relentless pursuit of profit over quality—if it’s broken, bloated, or just plain bad, it belongs here. We’re here to spotlight the moves that make the tech world worse, one piece of enshittification at a time.

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[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be honest, I'd trust the second option more from a privacy perspective simply because they're already using public information directly and not involving an additional third party verification service.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

When they say we value your privacy what they mean is they will extract value from your privacy.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 8 points 3 months ago

Yeah wtf, is this real or one of those programmer joke mockups? I am torn on whether I find this useful or not. They could just do this automatically but I guess they would miss out on some juicey selfies then.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isnt really enshittification, they aren't doing it for shareholder value, they are being forced to by various shitty governments.

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not about the age verification. Read the second option.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I dont think that is either tbh, no part of that is a change to drive shareholder value. Its weird, sure, but not enshittification.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was in UAE this weekend. Tried to get a tourist sim lol

[–] knowone@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The "We value your privacy" line really is the slogan of the tech world for these times. Keep seeing it everywhere so it must be true

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, meaning they put a value on it when they sell it to third parties