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 is experimenting with server-side ads (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree in that its probably not the right time in 2024.

I also don't think bittorrent is the right tech.

That said, as yt becomes more toxic there's more demand for alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The most realistic solution is probably eventually breaking up Youtube on grounds it's a monopoly. The political will doesn't exist atm, but that would solve the problem of YT having no competitors and would mean competitors would come with infrastructure already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I don't see this as very realistic because, as you say, there's no political will.