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Google also famously intent Isla made their search engine _worse_ so you have to look through more results, and then see more ads. The enshitificstion begins.
by jonplackett 9mo ago
Google also famously intent Isla made their search engine _worse_ so you have to look through more results, and then see more ads.
The enshitificstion begins.
The only saving grace is the promise to have an ad-free tier.
If something is valuable to you, paying for it to not have ads is very reasonable.
- johannesrexx 9mo agoThe [enshittification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification) begins. Fixed that for you, and I agree fully with that assessment.
- rishabhaiover 9mo agoA plea to the wise members of this community, please stop using this word. Use degradation or decay but not this.
- qotgalaxy 9mo ago[dead]
- HWR_14 9mo agoWhat is wrong with "enshittification" as a word?
- rpdillon 9mo agoI think the word doesn't have a good analogue, so I support it. I wish it sounded a bit less sophomoric, but the concept is sound, because it's the intentional worsening of a product to extract more revenue, not just by charging more, but by being worse for the intended purpose. I don't think degradation or decay capture this...those are more associated with a process in nature, or due to the laws of physics, but especially something unintentional (like "bit rot"). I like Cory Doctorow, so I might be a bit biased here. Would be interested in alternatives that capture the intentional aspect.
- judahmeek 9mo agoThe neologism is purposefully crude
- thech6newshound 9mo agoI don't know, I like that it somehow implies it is caused by humans. Decay is a natural process, sometimes unavoidable. Degredation is often used in the same sense. But human and organisational decisions are driving this.
- thfuran 9mo agoPaying to remove the ads likely doesn’t also remove all the other design decisions based on maximizing ad revenue rather than utility for users.