Enshittification

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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

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We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

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We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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LG TVs now shows advertisements on screensavers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Advertising on TV and radio stations here in the Netherlands is heavily regulated so people aren't constantly exposed to ads, while these manifacturers can do whatever they like. It is time to start regulating TV manifacturers on data collection and showing (personalized) ads. Shit's getting Orwellian.

After my LG C3 started showing ads I disabled the smart TV part and now use external players only for all our TV's. I don't trust TV screen manifacturers the slightest bit.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You could sue those assholes in The Hague, toch?