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Online Platforms Face 'Enshittification': Users Beware!

1/14/2025

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Cory Doctorow's term "enshittification" captures the troubling trend of online platforms sacrificing user experience for profit. Initially enticing, these services often devolve into exploitative environments, as seen with Meta. Doctorow warns that if this continues, platforms risk fading into obscurity, echoing the fate of MySpace.

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Story summary

Cory Doctorow's term "enshittification" captures the troubling trend of online platforms sacrificing user experience for profit. Initially enticing, these services often devolve into exploitative environments, as seen with Meta. Doctorow warns that if this continues, platforms risk fading into obscurity, echoing the fate of MySpace.