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• whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  The medium sign up gate says more about the current state of technology than this blog post ever could.
  • johntiger1 3y ago
    Came here for this. Maybe Doctorwow tounge-in-cheek posted it on Medium since they knew you would be insta-blasted with a paywall gate?
• Nezteb 3y ago
  For any hosted Medium blog, you can also replace `medium.com` with `scribe.rip`, in this case: https://doctorow.scribe.rip/autoenshittification-cb851c2574fb https://doctorow.scribe.rip/autoenshittification-cb851c2574f...
  • rad_gruchalski 3y ago
    It doesn't work. The article ends with: > What’s more, drivers hate all the digital bullshit, from the janky touchscreens to the shitty, wildly insecure apps. Digital systems are drivers’ most significant point of dissatisfaction with the automakers’ products:
    • Nezteb 3y ago
      Damn, I recall it working with member-only stories previously.
• m463 3y ago
  or this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36854746 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36854746
• ravenstine 3y ago
  I don't actually believe we should (yet?), but I kinda wish we'd just ban Medium.com both for its hostile UI and its generally low-quality TEDx-like content.
  • RosanaAnaDana 3y ago
    Also, the distinct and clear path it carved that went directly towards enshittification. Its not (only) that its so shitty, its that it once represented a truly better thing.