Market forces cannot solve every problem, but they can do a lot. And they work much better if users are free to come and to go. Everything in a market economy has the potential to be enshittified: the taxi company can be late every time; your local bistro can serve you microwaved ready meals; the coffee shop can double its prices. They don’t, because they know you’ll leave and never come back. There’s a lesson in that for the platforms — and those who regulate them.

Hot take but the people who use the term "Enshittification" are annoying as fuck. It's the equivalent of saying: "I trusted proprietary software and now it bit me in the ass, I'm going to throw a temper tantrum." Wow, who knew that in a capitalist society that capitalists would choose profit over well-being and the inherent power struggle of nonfree software is the vehicle of abuse. Stop whining about your favorite silicon valley slop not being kind to you, they don't give a shit. The guy who invented the term isn't even a marxist, he's some Canadian white guy who writes sci-fi.

Either read Free Software, Free Society and apply it to your own life (maybe even liberate your computing right now!) or accept that no one cares if you cry enshittification.

Enshittifcation more like football-lucy football-charlie-brown

Hot take over. internet-delenda-est