It’s pretty much the way of the world: beyond the basic enshittification story that has been so well told over the past year or so about how companies get worse and worse as they get more and more …
It definitely feels like a transition period for the whole Internet. Tech platforms finally reached their maximum user potential and scale, so now it’s time to turn the screws.
They all think we need them, so now we figure out if they’re right.
It’s because interest rates went up and the free VC money tap was turned off so all these companies have to actually turn a profit, so they’re squeezing us with every lever they control.
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This is the year of enshittification, isn’t it? Damn every company has pushed the pedal to the metal on it
The cat’s out of the bag. Gotta grab everything before folks try to stop them.
It definitely feels like a transition period for the whole Internet. Tech platforms finally reached their maximum user potential and scale, so now it’s time to turn the screws.
They all think we need them, so now we figure out if they’re right.
They weren’t. Source: time traveler from the future
It’s because interest rates went up and the free VC money tap was turned off so all these companies have to actually turn a profit, so they’re squeezing us with every lever they control.