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"What the fuck
happened to the old, good internet?
I mean, sure, our bosses were a little surveillance-happy, and they were
usually up for sharing their data with the NSA, and whenever there was a tossup
between user security and growth, it was always YOLO time.
But Google Search used to
work. Facebook used to show you posts from people
you
followed. Uber used to be cheaper than a taxi
and pay the driver more
than a cabbie made. Amazon used to sell
products, not Shein-grade
self-destructing dropshipped garbage from all-consonant brands. Apple used to
defend your privacy, rather than spying on you with your
no-modifications-allowed Iphone.
There was a time when searching for an album on Spotify would get you that
album –
not a playlist of insipid AI-generated covers with the same name and
art.
Microsoft used to sell you software – sure, it was buggy – but now they just
let you access apps in the cloud, so they can watch how you use those apps and
strip the features you use the most out of the basic tier and turn them into an
upcharge.
What – and I cannot stress this enough – the
fuck happened?!
I’m talking about enshittification."
Via David.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
