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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tried to read a Tom's Hardware article (lemmy.today)

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[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I just block sites like that from by browser. They’ll get one hit from me to see what they’re about and they’re gone. If more people did this, this wouldn’t be a problem.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do this too but it really looks like OP scrolled to the bottom to make a Lemmy post.

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

Yes it does. Agreed.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How do you do it? I've been thinking about just blacklisting some sites altogether from my search, but couldn't find a solution to do it across most big search engines - duckduckgo and Google - that I use. Also plus if it is just a simple click on a result.

[–] Soup@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I generally do this but I only ever use the internet from my phone. Haven’t used a computer in years.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I mainly browse on PC, and have an Android, but thanks for the effort nonetheless.