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If I owned a Toyota and wanted to buy another Toyota in the future, except Toyota only now makes cars that serve me less than my old one, that's absolutely ensh
by ravenstine 3y ago
If I owned a Toyota and wanted to buy another Toyota in the future, except Toyota only now makes cars that serve me less than my old one, that's absolutely enshittification. Who said the term is restricted to software?
- cypress66 3y agoBecause enshittification has a specific meaning. It's really about online services that start being "too good", possibly operating at a loss to gain users. And after they have enough users that are "locked in", they start to get worse to extract more profit from the existing users. The car examples I gave is already pushing it. But if the new Toyota is worse than yours it's not really enshittification because your car still works just as well, and you're not locked into buying another Toyota next time. That's just them cheaping out.