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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Congrats you discovered Enshittification


edit: that term encapsulates more than just complaining how shitty everything is. It's not a "petty gripe".

Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers (such as advertisers), and finally degrade their services to users and business customers to maximize profits for shareholders.

wikipedia

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When is this fad going to end?!

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When capitalism ends. Or the planet... Whichever comes first.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

People have been complaining about the world going to hell in a hand basket since before hand baskets. There’s just a fun new word for it.