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Just finished Enshitification by @pluralistic. While I did know the system and tech is broken I did not know how much. Learned a lot of new things about US Politics and how IP rules and non-circumvention laws help to enshitify tech.
Definitely a worthwhile read. And it ends with ideas how to fix it. And we all can have agency and can help.
"Ja, man hat die Dinge jetzt digitalisiert, aber dadurch werden die nicht unbedingt einfacher oder besser. Tatsächlich betrachte ich viele der Digitalisierungsprojekte eigentlich als Outsourcing an die Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Wenn ich am Flughafen oder am Bahnhof bin, sind in den Toiletten QR-Codes, mit denen man eine App runterladen kann, um dem Management mitzuteilen, dass das Klo schmutzig ist. Ich finde nicht, dass das meine Aufgabe ist. [...]"
Me gusta el término "enshittification" para definir el negocio del plagio automatizado de las corporaciones tecnológicas, más conocido como de IA generativa. Es el "fast-food" de la alimentación, la «uberización» del mercado laboral y el "greenwashing" de una nula conciencia ecológica.
De verdad que esta «innovación» merece toda una revolución: francesa.
#iagenerativa #enshittification #plagioautomatizado #fastfoodtech #uberización #greenwashing #bigtech
Big Tech platforms routinely censor any mention of the #fediverse, so I've started designing, printing, and placing these stickers around town.
No idea if they get any scans, but I figure simply getting the word "fediverse" out there might raise the consciousness a little.
Any ideas for slogans that might pique the interest of facebook-addicted normies?
#activitypub #socialmedia #mastodon #enshittification #facebook
Big Tech platforms routinely censor any mention of the #fediverse, so I've started designing, printing, and placing these stickers around town.
No idea if they get any scans, but I figure simply getting the word "fediverse" out there might raise the consciousness a little.
Any ideas for slogans that might pique the interest of facebook-addicted normies?
#activitypub #socialmedia #mastodon #enshittification #facebook
Have a shit Christmas 💩
Or don't. Take a shot at winning a signed copy of Enshittification by @pluralistic@momot.fr instead 🎁
Enter the competition by 5 January ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/win-copy-enshittification-signed-cory-doctorow
Have a shit Christmas 💩
Or don't. Take a shot at winning a signed copy of Enshittification by @pluralistic@momot.fr instead 🎁
Enter the competition by 5 January ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/win-copy-enshittification-signed-cory-doctorow
We talk a lot about User Experience (UX), but I want to talk about User Hostility.
What is the immediate red flag on a website that makes you hit close tab instantly, no matter how much you wanted to read the content?
For me: It’' the "Please disable your Ad Blocker" overlay that blurs the text. I will simply never read your article. Goodbye.
What’s yours?
A) The Install our app banner.
B) The Subscribe to Newsletter popup after 3 seconds.
C) Auto-playing video in the corner.
D) Allow Notifications?
#UX #WebDesign #Internet #Rant #UserHostile #enshittification #adblocker #browser #web #chrome #firefox
We talk a lot about User Experience (UX), but I want to talk about User Hostility.
What is the immediate red flag on a website that makes you hit close tab instantly, no matter how much you wanted to read the content?
For me: It’' the "Please disable your Ad Blocker" overlay that blurs the text. I will simply never read your article. Goodbye.
What’s yours?
A) The Install our app banner.
B) The Subscribe to Newsletter popup after 3 seconds.
C) Auto-playing video in the corner.
D) Allow Notifications?
#UX #WebDesign #Internet #Rant #UserHostile #enshittification #adblocker #browser #web #chrome #firefox
#Swisscom managed to become evil enough to get a (not so) honourable mention in @pluralistic 's new (awesome) book #Enshittification
#Swisscom managed to become evil enough to get a (not so) honourable mention in @pluralistic 's new (awesome) book #Enshittification
As we wind down on our 20th year, why not catch up on @pluralistic in conversation with @mariafarrell?
Hear about the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making, copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights. Plus much more!
Watch now 📺
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/tXcrMSjM994RdFLVNER5f5
As we wind down on our 20th year, why not catch up on @pluralistic in conversation with @mariafarrell?
Hear about the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making, copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights. Plus much more!
Watch now 📺
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/tXcrMSjM994RdFLVNER5f5
Welp, the self-hosted, open-core, Mattermost release just introduced a 10k message limit on each channel.
Time to look for alternatives ...
RE: https://chaos.social/@hukl/115733719870338322
Textbook #enshittification by a master enshittifier flooding #FOSS infrastructure.
@pluralistic
My recently HS-graduated grand daughter had a stark lesson in #Enshittification
6 years of work is now inaccecssible to her.
OneDrive is now a normality for most kids in Australia's education system. It is not a backup system. It is a mirage on their laptops, pretending to be a reliable storage device.
I advised her to take regular backups of all her own work at QUT during her Engineering studies, and throughout her career. Take responsibility for your data, no one else will.
My recently HS-graduated grand daughter had a stark lesson in #Enshittification
6 years of work is now inaccecssible to her.
OneDrive is now a normality for most kids in Australia's education system. It is not a backup system. It is a mirage on their laptops, pretending to be a reliable storage device.
I advised her to take regular backups of all her own work at QUT during her Engineering studies, and throughout her career. Take responsibility for your data, no one else will.
"Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It", by @pluralistic, is infuriating to read, but everyone should read it to fully understand what capitalism and the tech bros are up to.
Picked up my holiday #reading from #CERN #English #Book Club.
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson (1934) was written after the author visited Bavaria in 1933. It describes the growing disaffection of a group of #German youth who feel lost and ignored, and so turn towards a new #authoritarian leader. The book caught my attention as it was written before the author got to see how things would eventually turn out.
#Enshittification by @pluralistic (2025). I guess most people have heard of this one.
Listening to the brilliant @pluralistic talk about facebook as the canonical example of #enshittification, I suddenly remembered how we all ended up with an account on it when it publicly launched: by way of a massive, annoying and abusively repetitive spam campaign from them. You remember those emails? "Your friends are on facebook, see what they're doing" or something similar. There was no way to stop them coming.
Listening to the brilliant @pluralistic talk about facebook as the canonical example of #enshittification, I suddenly remembered how we all ended up with an account on it when it publicly launched: by way of a massive, annoying and abusively repetitive spam campaign from them. You remember those emails? "Your friends are on facebook, see what they're doing" or something similar. There was no way to stop them coming.
