Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts (lemmy.world)

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Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Engagement, people are probably less likely to click on an old video, especially if they are looking for relevant and up to date information.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Well, or the opposite. Why click on a new video pointing out the errors / fallacies in the old one, when you only see the old one and don't know it's outdated