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] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Product review video, blocked. Product is mentioned in a video, blocked. Product is shown too long, blocked.

"AI" isn't smart enough to do it and it would require your computer to be powerful enough to not convert videos to PowerPoints.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Product review video, blocked. Product is mentioned in a video, blocked. Product is shown too long, blocked.

Sounds like a win-win situation. 🤷‍♂️