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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And? You have no idea what their costs are that much video storage and bandwidth. Do they ever delete videos or just keep adding more and more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and I don't give a shit either. Not my problem.

If it's not economical for them they can shut it off whenever they like.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

That’s what they’re doing right now. What is your point?