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To me enshittification is when the overall usefulness of a piece of software starts going down as more money is attempted to be squeezed out of its users. Agree
by asddubs 3y ago
To me enshittification is when the overall usefulness of a piece of software starts going down as more money is attempted to be squeezed out of its users. Agree that it's not a technical phenomenon
- RetroTechie 3y agoThis is why I tend to go for the "open" option (eg. open source software) wherever possible. Not necessarily because it's better. But because the incentive to enshittify it is lacking. Closed / proprietary ecosystems tend to be nice for a while. And then disappear without warning. Or turn into crap, like a big sinking ship taking all its users down with it. FOSS / open platforms tend to fork and/or evolve. And (if they survive) improve over time. That I can deal with.
- Narishma 3y agoIt happens in OSS too, though maybe the reasons there are different. See Gnome for example.
- RetroTechie 3y agoYep. And thus, Gnome 2 was forked into MATE. A good example of the forking / gradual evolution I can live with.