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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Peloton is adding a $95 activation fee for secondhand machines (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cybercuck is not allowed to be resold during the first year.

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh wow, they sue you for $50k if you try. What confidence in their product.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's an empty threat. Many of them are being resold on the secondary market and the value is dropping.

[–] don@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While I’ve seen some say that it’s a mechanism to stop scalpers from buying up the things and reselling at a huge margin, I’ve also seen what Tesla’s owner is capable of doing.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Speaking of owner's and their capabilities; Whistling Diesel is not my favorite guy, but he did a number on the Cybertruck.