Maybe I'm the only one, but I think "enshittification" has run its course.
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How so? The underlying factors are still there: - constant pressure of markets on quarterly profits - lots of room for products to be made worse, or cut more workers - monetization of attention continues unabated
sep 14, 2025, 4:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Main problem is the term went mainstream enough so that it just gets used as "things bad now," with no reference to the original meaning's three part structure
sep 14, 2025, 4:53 pm • 3 0 • view
If I had a nickel for every time this has happened in the last decade…
sep 14, 2025, 5:57 pm • 0 0 • view
unfortunately not as a doctrine
sep 14, 2025, 4:35 pm • 2 0 • view
excellent point - if only the word could make the doctrine go away
sep 14, 2025, 5:14 pm • 1 0 • view
If so, it’s only because it’s become standard practice and expectation, and thus not even something people think to identify.
sep 14, 2025, 4:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Doctorow's book is still in the pre-order stage
sep 14, 2025, 5:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Can always use the original banger, rent-seeking!
sep 14, 2025, 4:52 pm • 3 0 • view