Those old people were wrong. I (an old person) am right.
https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b
#enshittification, #EternalSeptember #FidonetUsenetGateway #TheEvilTemptationOfGUIs
Those old people were wrong. I (an old person) am right.
https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b
#enshittification, #EternalSeptember #FidonetUsenetGateway #TheEvilTemptationOfGUIs
The internet didn’t enshittify because we got the wrong technology.
The internet enshittified because we got the wrong rules.
https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b
#enshittification #IncentivesMatter #Antitrust #Interoperability
We can't (and shouldn't) bring back the old, good internet.
We can (and must!) make a NEW, good internet.
https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b
#enshittification #interoperability #labor #news #FreedomOfReach #bossware
The #enshitternet wasn't inevitable.
@pluralistic Preaching to the choir here.