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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Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Logitech has been my preferred mouse brand for more than a decade. Fortunately, there are utilities like SteerMouse (MacOS) and others that work as better drivers than what they ship. If those stop working and they start trying to leech with a subscription, I'll switch brands.