"Ensin tarjotaan hyötyä käyttäjälle, jotta saadaan riittävästi yleisöä – ”täällä parhaat kissavideot!” Sitten hyötyä aletaan tarjota mainostajille – ”meillä mainostat tehokkaimmin kissavideoiden katsojille”.
Kun on saatu merkittävä määrä kissavideoiden jakajia, katsojia ja mainostavia yrityksiä ja eliminoitu kilpailu, aletaan hyötyä siirtää alustalle: mainosten hintaa nostetaan ja kissavideoiden katsojille työnnetään yhä enemmän mainoksia ja aiempaa vähemmän kissavideoita sekä halpoja bulgarialaisia koiravideoita.
Mainostajat eivät uskalla hylätä erinomaisesti toiminutta mainosalustaa. Kissavideoihmiset eivät uskalla lähteä, koska alusta on ainoa paikka kissavideoille ja kaikki kissavideokaverit ovat siellä.
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Blueskyn ja Mastodonin kaltaiset federoidut, avoimiin protokolliin perustuvat palvelut näyttäisivät mahdollistavan paskeentumisenkestävien sosiaalisen median palveluiden rakentamisen teknisesti. Toinen kysymys sitten on, kiinnostavatko näin rakennetut palvelut rahoittajia."
REDDIT posted a more than 20 per cent rise in revenue in 2023 versus the year before, sources familiar with the situation said, as it prepares for one of the United States’ most anticipated potential initial public offerings (IPOs).
Oh look. Just like Reddit, OpenSubtitles is going to limit their API and try and charge people for access. All their subtitles are user submitted and they have the testicles to try and profit from this content which often helps deaf people enjoy movies.
The new iPads are once again mind-blowingly amazing hardware showcases, hamstrung by software and an extractive App Store gatekeeper that limits what users can effectively do.
There is now such a large overlap of prices between iPad and MacBooks that we’ll probably never see a touchscreen Mac, because it would be a superior choice over iPad in most cases.
What I want, really, is macOS running on desktop, laptop, and tablet form factors, with a relatively open software environment not solely owned by the App Store.
I think Microsoft actually got it right with Windows 11 (minus the #enshittification ads). If only they pushed more strongly on the Surface lineup…
"We can reverse the enshittification of the internet. We can halt the creeping enshittification of every digital device.
We can build a better, enshittification-resistant digital nervous system, one that is fit to coordinate the mass movements we will need to fight fascism, end genocide, and save our planet and our species."
What in the absolute fuck? #RaspberryPi no longer supports configuring your wifi directly, from bookworm on you need to use fucking cloud-init?!@ Are you shitting me?
Where is the configuration file that doesn't need a custom tool? Stop with this shit.
The mass enshittification of every major Internet platform hasn't exacty been a slow and subtle process, but I feel like generative AI has really slammed down the gas pedal (Twixter, Reddit, GitHub are prime examples).
I'm wondering (and kinda depressed) about YouTube being next, because there really isn't anything comparable out there. Vimeo's the only one with like quality, but their model creates an access barrier. Dailymotion? ha! And PeerTube's name makes it sound like an XXX broker, to say nothing of massive quality limitations, rampant low-quality conspiracy nonsense, and a whole bunch of (completely understandable) limitations regarding size and number of files.
The lock's maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021. Meanwhile, Chirp's parent company, RealPage, Inc., is being sued by multiple U.S. states for allegedly colluding with landlords to illegally raise rents.
P.S. never give cybersecurity spooks clicks even after they go "freelance" or whatever
Author clearly explains how private equity firms are destroying essential industries, how they avoid legal responsibility for the disastrous consequences, who’s empowering them and how they can be stopped.
Private equity’s #enshittification is to blame for much of the worst aspects of health care, housing crisis, the economy as well as the deepening wealth gap.
> Please verify you are a human without any Ad Blockers turned on.
#Captcha dialogs that don't work unless you turn off your #adblocker .. of course you might allow the specific #tracker that makes the captcha functional, but not always clear which one to pick.
"To develop AI/ML models, our systems analyse Customer Data (e.g. messages, content and files) submitted to Slack as well as Other Information (including usage information) as defined in our privacy policy and in your customer agreement."
I just went to check a dimension on some screws that I plan to use on a current project, and when I went to view the product detail to see the drawing with dimensions, it told me I needed to be logged in to view product details.
Since when? Can anyone else confirm this?
If true, what a shitty move that erases a couple decades of good will with engineers everywhere.
Reddit revenue rises 20% ahead of IPO, but it isn’t profitable yet (www.businesstimes.com.sg)
REDDIT posted a more than 20 per cent rise in revenue in 2023 versus the year before, sources familiar with the situation said, as it prepares for one of the United States’ most anticipated potential initial public offerings (IPOs).