@Techmeme@techhub.socialCentralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to "despotification"; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals (Mike Masnick/Liberalism.org)
https://www.liberalism.org/p/enshittification-despotific…
@crell@phpc.socialThe first one is always free.
The #enshittification of #ai.
https://youtu.be/c1cBGW_zoyQ
@compfu@mograph.socialI think if Adobe were to port Photoshop to Linux (annoying subscriptions and everything - I‘m not asking them to change their business model for this) the only ones left who need to use Linux are conpanies who have a super elaborate setup for color-coding e-mails in Outlook and text templates in Word… https://mastodon.onlin…
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
On the enshittification of Audre Lorde: "the master's tools" in tech discourse.
https://tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshittification-of-audre-lorde-the-masters-tools-in-tech-discourse/
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@bourgwick@heads.socialdon't know if it has anything to do with their AI enshittification, but still mindblown that google had the GALL to invent/insert a *fake street* next to my childhood home.
you *can* go home again (sometimes), just don't try to get there with google maps.
https://heads.social/@bourgwick/116658
@newsie@darktundra.xyz‘Lobotomized’: Character.AI Is Showing What AI Enshittification Looks Like https://www.404media.co/lobotomized-character-ai-is-showing-what-ai-enshittification-looks-like/
@NicolasGriseyDemengel@piaille.frI've been seeing everyone complaining about #GitHub lately. Well, I totally agree. I've had to start working with it again recently. Not only are there frequent outages, but the UI is slow and buggy as hell. Buggy like in "Supporting the back button? What for?"...
#enshittification
@rigo@mamot.frLibreoffice started the enshittification that I already saw in KDE by mutilating menus that have been there for decades. This seems to be the new thing in OSS development. I can't really advance things, so I just change UI stuff because I can do it. Maintainers shouldn't accept that enshittification.
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza@… @… New pin added to my work laptop bag
@frankel@mastodon.topThe pinnacle of #enshittification, or Large Language Models
https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2026/04/05/the-pinnacle-of-enshittificatio…
@trochee@dair-community.socialDiscussing the creeping enshittification of streaming video services with spouse
Them:
"welcome to the Hotel California—"
Me, cooperatively overlapping:
"—n Ideology. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"
@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizzaThis one is great - ppl of the norse know how to illustrate the #doctorow concept of #enshittification in this short video #norway
@publicvoit@graz.socialBack in the good old days, many years before #enshittification hit the fan everywhere, occasionally even #advertisements were much better:
Blackcurrant #Tango
@marcel@waldvogel.familyWho would expect anything else?
#Enshittification #Google #AI
@totientfunction@mathstodon.xyzeM$hittification
#microsoft #enshittification
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaThe enshittification of Starlink has begun: they are now providing the service I contracted at the agreed price, rather than 4-5x the contracted service at the agreed price
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeExpect total #enshittification of #Snapchat to start in 3 .. 2 .. 1 ...
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Snap Inc blames AI as it lays off 1,000 workers
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toI've been seeing a lot of videos and blog posts about the resurgence of #piracy in response to #enshittification . A common note is that its a _service_ problem, not a _product_ problem which is correct.
A company that has known this from the get-go and has never
@sakhavi@aoir.socialRE: #enshittification isn’t limited to online platform business models. Wond…
@UP8@mastodon.socialNorway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification
#norway
![A person with a bright light next to his head stands next to a projection screen with the word SHIT [superscript]X[/superscript] in yellow text on a red background with an audience of onlookers.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/183/748/712/228/161/original/5d0c0a5f0257c130.png)
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialJust cancelled my Claude Pro account. Fuck their enshittification ...
@marcus@hachyderm.io@… why is your book half price on Amazon.co.uk compared to other places and will I get a drm free copy if I buy it from there? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FTF3J4TY/?bestFormat=true&k=enshittification&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_5_de&crid=1IUB7SOJH31OU&sprefix=enshi
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsSince my job is stable now and I have saved up some money, I have decided to stop accepting donations via GitHub Sponsors and Ko-fi. I would like to thank everyone who helped me over the years. There are people who need the help much more than me right now.
If you needed a suggestion, @… is doing a lot more than me for #Gentoo these days and will certainly appreciate your help. He's also way nicer than I'll ever be.
https://github.com/sponsors/thesamesam
https://ko-fi.com/thesamesam
To the best of my knowledge, Gentoo project does not need extra money right now, but there are other awesome projects such as Disroot or many Fediverse instances that would definitely use some help. However, in general I'd suggest towards supporting individuals rather than projects: people need money to live, and can use your donations directly, while projects are often bound by red tape.
Finally, please support human artists and craftspeople (and I'm counting human software developers in that). Donate to projects and people who resist enshittification and who refuse to use LLMs. They need the money.
Once again, thanks for all.
@nohillside@smnn.ch#enshittification meets #Apple #AppleMaps.
Ads on Apple Maps – Apple Ads https://
@qbi@freie-re.de»Die Verkrempelung der Welt« ist ein Buch von @… und absolut lesenswert.
Er führt zahlreiche Beispiele für #Enshittification auf und hat einen sehr schön, unterhaltsamen Schreibstil.
@grumpybozo@toad.social @publicvoit@graz.socialWith every company announcement event, I get even more nervous because #enshittification is a strong trend these days. 🫣
It's a really good announcement when there's actually not too much news.
Upcoming anxiety: #Google actively killing the healthy ecosystem of
@neuhaus@mastodon.acm.orgGoogle‘s #Youtube won‘t even show me their stupid product video unless I reveal my identity now, so they can then track me across the web. The #enshittification continues.
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social@…, on page 133 of Enshittification you mention the cadre of Polish mathematicians at Bletchley Park, Jerzy Różycki, Henryk Zygalski, and Marian Rejewski as instrumental in breaking the Enigma code. I’ve never heard of them. Do you (or anyone else seeing this) know of any books telling their stories? I know there are books about the whole Bletchley Park endeavor…
@Rob_Oost@mastodon.social @publicvoit@graz.socialRE: #Enshittification as a service.
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialRE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116371937587992264
This. That said, this isn't an all/nothing thing. What Google has done to Search (and to be clear, not just AI overviews) is a travesty, the clearest enshittification. And LLM models are absolutely enabling this. But to say "LLM bad" is oversimplifying. On net they may be, but there's a lot of good uses. This, this is not one of them.
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotRE: https://ohai.social/@jascha/116367912553152466
More enshittification:
@sink@lethallava.landwhat even the hell
at least the hardback is probably a real print run, that makes me happy. as for the paperback it's by... "wisdom tree publications", which, who the fuck are they?
I'm always wary of Amazon paperbacks.
@frankel@mastodon.topHave a good Wednesday with the Java Geek Weekly 😊
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/132/
@mro@digitalcourage.social#Browser #Enshittification: no more #XSLT (= human-friendly #XML).
@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza#microslop #windows11 #microsoft #enshittification
What a surprise (iro…
@publicvoit@graz.social @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
@bammerlaan@mastodon.nlI had missed this video by #LouisRossman on #enshittification and his #ConsumerRightsWiki. Well worth a watch, also for the nice PSA by the Norwegian government that's included in the video.
#Fediverse, is he? 🤔
#video #ConsumerRights #website
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsTotally normal #Google #Play app situation.
Changes in new version: "restoring backups."
Methinks "that looks like a harmless update".
Reality: AI, new terms of service, new "privacy" policy, make a backup ("in cloud" preferably, can't save locally), sign up for an account (you can skip that), database migration.
Of course, the app itself is not very different. Some random extra padding that makes it look like shit, new database format that's much slower, and lots of useless premium shit.
#Android #enshittification
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems#Gentoo is still one of the bright outposts in #FLOSS where human work is valued and #LLM contributions are banned. However, sometimes I feel that this matters very little.
After all, Gentoo is a distribution. While it has its own value, it cannot exist without all the software it is shipping. It makes no sense in isolation.
And let's be honest, I don't think you can avoid slop today. We are trying our best to sieve out the worst: the copywashing chardet, the vibecoded NIH Perl crypto packages… but it's just that.
As someone who bumps Python packages, let me tell you this: LLMs are omnipresent. I notice Claude in commit logs, I notice the blasphemy of agent instructions all over the place… and there's probably much more than I don't notice. With many core components giving in, you can't avoid it without literally freezing on old, vulnerable versions, or spending hours looking for alternatives or creating them.
FLOSS is dead. People don't care. They don't have conscience. All they care about is the sick idea of "productivity", i.e. generating more slop.
The few of us who do care can do very little. We will continue doing our best until they kill us (as they're literally slowly killing the whole humankind). But that's it. Maybe it will pass once the bubble pops, maybe it won't. Either way, the damage is beyond repair. We will never be able to trust one another like we did. We will never again be a community building a better world.
It's just like everything nowadays. It's hard to find a good washing machine (one that will actually be repairable), good shoes (that won't fall apart shortly after the warranty expires), good food. You need lots of money, and even then you have to sieve through all the scammers who just sell the same shit with higher profit margin. #OpenSource is just another branch of business where people are trying to "sell" you shit, and don't care anymore if it explodes in your face. They don't even care if they're actually making a profit.
#AI #NoAI #NoLLM #enshittification #AntiCapitalism
