The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things b...
That may have been true in the past, but in the last 30 years I’ve watched a lot of companies that should have outright failed because they were terribly managed get a few dumptruck loads of taxpayer money to keep them afloat.
We’re well past the stage of “if they fuck themselves, let them fail” and deep into “If you’re not going to buy their shit, we’ll just take them money straight out of your paycheck”
let the internet enshit itself, that why we are here, profit focused companies are going to fuck themselfs, it’s just a matter of time
That may have been true in the past, but in the last 30 years I’ve watched a lot of companies that should have outright failed because they were terribly managed get a few dumptruck loads of taxpayer money to keep them afloat.
We’re well past the stage of “if they fuck themselves, let them fail” and deep into “If you’re not going to buy their shit, we’ll just take them money straight out of your paycheck”
it’s USA problem them, not a problem on other democratics
Corporate welfare is a problem in all capitalist countries
Let the normies use enshittified services.
My prediction is that those with know how will make their own web … like back in the days of usenet.
This is how we end up with prolific disinformation leading to fascism.