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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Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I buy a $50 mouse once every 3-5 years on average. Please tell me how whatever plan your offering makes my current situation worse. I can't wait to see price!

I will never do this, but let's just say I did, the only price I can see myself paying is $1 a month. At 3 years we're at $36 and apparently I have to buy replacement parts so to keep it anywhere close to what I spend now it needs to be $1 and somehow I doubt that's going to be the price.