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Rik Viergever
@rikviergever@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
#Enshittification explains why with basically every Big Tech company the users are the product these days and not the customer. The customers are the Ad companies! A great talk by Cory Doctorow here on the topic if you have 30mins:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ai-fC-2Bpo

#tech#IT#ICT#BigTech#Digital #mobile

@gael @murena @e_mydata @pluralistic

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ferricoxide@evil.social
@ferricoxide@evil.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@rikviergever@mastodon.social @gael@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social @e_mydata@mastodon.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Sadly, the "if the product is free, you are the product" adage no longer adequately captures it. The ##Enshittification companies have discoverd that they can collect money from both the user and the advertisers. Which is to say, even if you're paying for a product, you're ever more-frequently still going to also be a product".

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