Spotify to increase premium pricing in the US to $11.99 per month (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/16690091...
Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)
YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Line. Go. Up. (lemmy.world)
Why everything is a subscription ~the enshittification of apps~ (www.theverge.com)
I miss the glory days of .99 cent apps. :(
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15542273...
I just saw a Youtube ad for penis enlargement
I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it’s the first place that came to mind....
Slack by default using messages, files etc for building and training LLM models (mastodon.social)
Body of the toot:...
🖤 ANTI-META FEDI PACT 🖤 (fedipact.online)
A part of preventing enshittification is preventing corporate EEE, which is itself prevented by preventing corporate access to the Fediverse.
Tech companies avoid regulation by acting like Sovereign Citizens
Sov Cit - I’m not under your jurisdiction. driving is a commercial activity, I am traveling and that doesn’t require a license....
Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR’s traffic (pluralistic.net)
Google's enshittification memos (pluralistic.net)
When I think about how the old, good internet turned into the enshitternet, I imagine a series of small compromises, each seemingly reasonable at the time, each contributing to a cultural norm of making good things worse, and worse, and worse.
The Rise (and Fall) of Patreon (youtu.be)
The unique relationship that many creators have with Patreon seems to shield it from even very light criticism. While I think there are many, many positives to come out of Patreon's rise, I thus wanted to try and view the company through a more detached, nuanced lens....
An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow (youtu.be)
The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things b...
It Turns Out Elon Is Speedrunning The Enshittification Learning Curve, Not The Content Moderation One (www.techdirt.com)
Unity's Plan Won't Work, but Someone Else's Will (youtu.be)
On techno-feudalism
Pluralistic: Cloudburst (03 August 2023) (pluralistic.net)
Enshittification isn't inevitable: under different conditions and constraints, the old, good internet could have given way to a new, good internet. Enshittification is the result of specific policy choices: encouraging monopolies; enabling high-speed, digital shell games; and blocking interoperability.
Youtube goes to war with ad blockers - how companies die (youtu.be)
I only hope they won’t touch youtube Premium, it’s the only thing that makes youtube barely tolerable.
Twitter now blocking all DMs from non-Twitter Blue subscribers by default (mashable.com)
Reminds me so much of tacky dating sites. Pay and be able to message! Ughh
Feels like we should have a link to the article that coined the term (www.wired.com)
Users, advertisers – we are all trapped in the enshittification of the internet | John Naughton (www.theguardian.com)
There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?
Google execs admit users are 'not quite happy' with search experience after Reddit blackouts (web.archive.org)
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Enshittification in a nutshell (mastodon.social)
Author: The Oatmeal