This is an absolute must read by @pluralistic. Go, get Cory Doctorow's book now. #enshitification

theguardian.com/technology/202…

This is an absolute must read by @pluralistic. Go, get Cory Doctorow's book now. #enshitification

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#Spotify has earned its ire from the #Music community - maybe mostly because of the increasing #enshitification of the platform.

But here’s a really great summary of a presentation from the CEO that demonstrates HOW to grow software from nothing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/s/8YE2C9MY8r

This☝🏻is the playbook that the #Fediverse competes with, and a blueprint for how we can win at this game.

@digitalrechte haben Recht: Die "kleinen zarten Pflänzchen #Fediverse & @Mastodon" haben starke Wurzeln für nachhaltiges, unabhängiges Wachstum.

Plattform-#SocialMedia wurde in eine plurale Dauerkrise gesteuert, zu sehen an unserer #SocialMediaMatrix:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index.html

Zeit, dass demokratische Akteure von Behörden über #ÖRR bis zu #Politik & #Universitäten eigene, demokratische Netzwerke nutzen und fördern.

👉
https://mastodon.social/@digitalrechte/115236997390587991

#Enshitification #WissKomm #SciComm #Musk #Meta

@pluralistic
Spot on essay. When we installed #Solar a couple of years ago I was appalled that I was required to ensure a continuous internet connection for the Solar Edge inverter lest I void my warranty. Enphase was pretty much the same.

The only way around this is to build your own system from other non-enshitified components. I could probably do that today but I did not have the knowledege back then.

"Big Solar" has also corralled most of the larger installation firms across the region so its difficult not to use them.

#enshitification

@pluralistic
Spot on essay. When we installed #Solar a couple of years ago I was appalled that I was required to ensure a continuous internet connection for the Solar Edge inverter lest I void my warranty. Enphase was pretty much the same.

The only way around this is to build your own system from other non-enshitified components. I could probably do that today but I did not have the knowledege back then.

"Big Solar" has also corralled most of the larger installation firms across the region so its difficult not to use them.

#enshitification

@digitalrechte haben Recht: Die "kleinen zarten Pflänzchen #Fediverse & @Mastodon" haben starke Wurzeln für nachhaltiges, unabhängiges Wachstum.

Plattform-#SocialMedia wurde in eine plurale Dauerkrise gesteuert, zu sehen an unserer #SocialMediaMatrix:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index.html

Zeit, dass demokratische Akteure von Behörden über #ÖRR bis zu #Politik & #Universitäten eigene, demokratische Netzwerke nutzen und fördern.

👉
https://mastodon.social/@digitalrechte/115236997390587991

#Enshitification #WissKomm #SciComm #Musk #Meta

"I happen to think pretty highly of the management of Bluesky (the company) at the moment. But Bluesky has outside investors – the distressingly stupid- and sinister-sounding Blockchain Capital – and if these people get it into their heads to enshittify Bluesky, they can force good actors off the board of directors, fire the management, and replace them with standard-issue corporate sociopaths.

What's more, the fact that users are hostage to Bluesky – that they have no way to part ways with the company without parting ways with the people they value on the service – means that new management can torment Bluesky users with impunity, so long as these torments are kept to a level such that Bluesky users hate the company less than they love one another."—Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause >

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/#by-clicking-this-you-agree-on-behalf-of-your-employer-to-release-me-from-all-obligations-and-waivers-arising-from-any-and-all-NON-NEGOTIATED-agreements

#Bluesky #binding_arbitration #enshitification vs #fediverse

"I happen to think pretty highly of the management of Bluesky (the company) at the moment. But Bluesky has outside investors – the distressingly stupid- and sinister-sounding Blockchain Capital – and if these people get it into their heads to enshittify Bluesky, they can force good actors off the board of directors, fire the management, and replace them with standard-issue corporate sociopaths.

What's more, the fact that users are hostage to Bluesky – that they have no way to part ways with the company without parting ways with the people they value on the service – means that new management can torment Bluesky users with impunity, so long as these torments are kept to a level such that Bluesky users hate the company less than they love one another."—Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

Bluesky creates the world's weirdest, hardest-to-understand binding arbitration clause >

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/#by-clicking-this-you-agree-on-behalf-of-your-employer-to-release-me-from-all-obligations-and-waivers-arising-from-any-and-all-NON-NEGOTIATED-agreements

#Bluesky #binding_arbitration #enshitification vs #fediverse

In 1975 I was taking computer science and learning to program using routines saved on IBM punch cards.
In 1985 I had an Olivetti luggable 52 pound PC with 640K RAM and a 10MB hard drive running Lotus123 and WordPerfect on DOS 4.2. Fabulous.
…

In 2025, I get the best performance and hasslefree productivity by disconnecting from the cloud and running 15yr old desktop software from those tech co’s that have all moved to #enshitification

I think i want to stay in 2010.

"Those who give up vendor independence for short-term convenience will end up with none of them."

@pluralistic 's law of #enshitification

"Those who give up vendor independence for short-term convenience will end up with none of them."

@pluralistic 's law of #enshitification

Deutsche Bahn (DB), a state-owned company under control of the gov of #Germany, is telling me when i try to buy a ticket or to log in (!) that "Your browser's behavior resembles that of a bot."

Suggestion is:
- change browser (!)
- change network (!!!)
or
"If you are using a VPN client, anonymization tool, [iOS stuff], or third-party antivirus software, please temporarily disable it."

#German gov. suggests giving up on privacy protection?

-> DPA complaint?

#publicservice#Enshitification

inspired by @pluralistic brilliant enshitification concept maybe it's time to unshitificate... #enshitification #unshitification

inspired by @pluralistic brilliant enshitification concept maybe it's time to unshitificate... #enshitification #unshitification

M’encanta l’optimisme crític de @pluralistic : Resulta que no cal escollir entre combatre la merdificació i tenir amics!
Els problemes sistèmics s’han d’atacar com a societat que som.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/

#enshitification #merdificacio#merdificació #comunitat #societat #society

M’encanta l’optimisme crític de @pluralistic : Resulta que no cal escollir entre combatre la merdificació i tenir amics!
Els problemes sistèmics s’han d’atacar com a societat que som.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/

#enshitification #merdificacio#merdificació #comunitat #societat #society

There’s a strong redundancy in posts and content related to #enshitification, bad big tech, digital apocalypse to come and other topics covered in "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (a surprisingly good book, btw). Trivialized a little, it becomes a cliche.

At work over a lunch break, an intern talked this subject with me. She’s a 20-something tumor biologist, I’m a 30-something protein chemist, aren't we indifferent to all these silly existential problems IT pals have? No, redundancy creates visibility. Keep it cliche, keep it trivial, keep it vocal.

There’s a strong redundancy in posts and content related to #enshitification, bad big tech, digital apocalypse to come and other topics covered in "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (a surprisingly good book, btw). Trivialized a little, it becomes a cliche.

At work over a lunch break, an intern talked this subject with me. She’s a 20-something tumor biologist, I’m a 30-something protein chemist, aren't we indifferent to all these silly existential problems IT pals have? No, redundancy creates visibility. Keep it cliche, keep it trivial, keep it vocal.