Globe & Mail wants to increase my online subscription by $1/week so to hell with that. And of course even though you can subscribe via an online form if you want to cancel they force you to to call a number and speak to someone who will try to talk you out of it. #enshitification
23andMe was hacked and DNA records of 7 million people were compromised. Originally they said it was 14,000.
They just sent out an innocuous sounding email about change in Terms of Service.
If you do not respond rejecting the change, you will give up the ability to be part of the class action lawsuits that are being filed, or take action in court against them.
They sent this out before they are notifying those whose data were breached.
I would have said 23andMe's change in their Terms of Service was an example of, to use @pluralistic Cory Doctorow's phrase, an example of #enshitification, but like most ToSs it was already a piece of shit.
Just stinks even more.
LB: #assholocene has a nice ring to it. It may not take off as quickly as #enshitification, but I think it's here to stay as a hallmark of our current global state of affairs.
So apparently I'm not able to log into my #Minecraft (Java ed.) anymore.
Probably haven't used it since before the MS acquisition so yay #Enshitification !
I know I have access to the email I would have used to register it, but of course they say it's not what's on the account.
Any advice on how to get MS to activate it to my account?
(Other fun fact, when creating a new Minecraft 'nick' they said pixelpusher220 was too long. So I shortened to just pixelpusher...and they then appended FOUR numbers - sigh).
No, U-Haul, I do not want to install your stupid app so I can rent a trailer one time and then not deal with you for another three to five years. Just make your damn website work.
Correct me if I'm wrong... it's not decentralized in a "power to the people" sense... right?
The hardware can be decentralized, but the software, algorithm, ads, and control are still centralized... right?
So, Jack Dorsey et all have found a way to get people to pay for the infrastructure costs while they rake in all the profit from centralized software control?
A brilliant thread by Cory Doctorow again. This time on #enshitification of garage door openers.
I use an OpenGarage door Automator on my garage door. The firmware is open source and the device is like $35. It integrates trivially with #HomeAssistant. And it can’t be taken away by a company suddenly deciding it wants more money from me.
Guess which garage door opener vendor I'll never buy from again? Be careful they own like a dozen different labels. Who would of thought enshitification could reach all the way down to garage door openers...sigh...anyway there are workaround boards people can use if you are stuck with them like we are... #enshitification#VultureCapitalismarstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/1…
Also, I managed to rent a #Tesla for the first time this week. It's an interesting experience - it seems to have been designed by someone who has never designed a car before, and knows nothing about #UserInterfaceDesign for safety-critical environments.
I think I now know why Tesla drivers are always cutting up cyclists. They're too busy trying to find controls on a massive touch-screen to pay attention to the road.
There are much better EV options. Like a Chevy Bolt (I have the EUV verson).
Better still would be if the cities of North America had never abandoned superior technology and urban development; if they still had the streetcars they had in the 1890s through the mid 1950s. Those would be cities worth living in. #transit#CarsRuinCities#enshitification
I can't turn the same blind eye to sp0t1fy that a lot of people do in tech. They are praised for this "developer platform" tool and the way they organize teams and have such a successful engineering model yadda yadda yadda.
They prey on human psychology. They are making it impossible for independent music to stay afloat. They are responsible for the #enshitification of the music industry, but the tech industry just eats it up.
If you work there and have a job and enjoy it, I don't hold that against you. I just wish more of tech recognized the harm they have done, and keep doing, to musicians.
It’s unreal how fast YouTube went from a few unobtrusive ads to a FUCKING NIGHTMARE HELLSCAPE OF INSANELY LONG ULTRA-INTRUSIVE ADS FOR SHITTY PRODUCTS.
A company has formed and has begun selling robo vacs that arent cloud, doesnt send your login details to Bezos or videos to a "room full of recent hires watching me and my kids"
"Relying on local processing, Matic can see your home and suck up liquid spills. Great. Brilliant"
First winner of the Jeeves Award (we should organize) for selling tools we need without surveillance, police involvement, recording voices or sending data to HQ.
@mxtthxw This is why I’ve slowly built up a reflex to reach for Waves plugins first. They stay the same and keep working exactly how they did 5,10,15,20 years ago. The company really keeps trying to do #enshitification tho…
The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore.
It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that mostly isn't relevant...
@Daojoan there are various factors at play. an important one is the #enshitification of online learning (chasing virality, engagement, clicks etc) in order to fund the creation of material. next step: #tiktok#elearning, learn string theory in twelve easy 30 sec videos
but video does a better job at faking what people really need: a teacher that will explain things interactively, addressing the level and difficulties of the student and build on their strengths