It seems that we’ve had a rash of formerly loved internet services going down the enshittification curve. As coined (brilliantly) by Cory Doctorow, enshittification is the process by which a compan…
The cinic in me thinks that enshitification is less of an accident, and more of a deliberate tactic to screw shareholders out of their money and leave them holding the bag.
I think this advice is just as important for shareholders. Better yet, maybe it’s time for more user-stakeholdrrship in the platforms they use. Wether that takes the form of cooperative, government funded, or paid subscriber only models. What’s clear is profit-driven tech enterprised just endlessly crash and burn, and are too unstable for the betterment of society.
The cinic in me thinks that enshitification is less of an accident, and more of a deliberate tactic to screw shareholders out of their money and leave them holding the bag.
I think this advice is just as important for shareholders. Better yet, maybe it’s time for more user-stakeholdrrship in the platforms they use. Wether that takes the form of cooperative, government funded, or paid subscriber only models. What’s clear is profit-driven tech enterprised just endlessly crash and burn, and are too unstable for the betterment of society.