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 reportedly wants to pay record labels to use their songs for AI training (www.engadget.com)

submitted 4 months ago by EpicureanMystic@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is enshittification?

[–] Veraxus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Drake meme:

Paying the general public for training material? No thanks.

Paying other wealthy corporations for training material. A-ok.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago

It will for sure be later, but right now... Maybe not? Not sure.