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  • Anand Pandian

    Administrator
    February 26, 2023 at 8:18 am

    A cautionary note from Cory Doctorow, on the death spiral of for-profit platforms.

    “This is enshittification: Surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they’re locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they’re locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit. From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle. This is why … platforms like Prodigy transformed themselves overnight, from a place where you went for social connection to a place where you were expected to “stop talking to each other and start buying things.””

    https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

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