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@jonsnow@mastodon.online · 1d ago
Waymo dropped a passenger at the airport and drove off with his luggage in the trunk He had to fly to San Diego with no suitcase, no change of clothes, and no work notes. Waymo was "unable" to cover the cost of shipping the luggage. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sj-passenger-waymo-drove-off-luggage/4078004/ #Waymo #Google #enshittification #AI #autonomousvehicles #technology
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@urlyman@mastodon.social · 1d ago
…and Richard’s article is itself about how we’re in the anti-resilience waiting room for economic depression, in part because the tools at the Bank of Fucking England think that every financial pressure is a nail to be hit with an interest rate hammer. Instead of us taxing inflationary obscene wealth or doing anything at all to manage demand or accepting that there are in fact limits to what we’ve all been doing. It’s #enshittification anti-resilience all the way down folks #climateDiary
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@johanneskarkia@mementomori.social · 2d ago
Controls (Modular World Anniversary Show performance [from the archives, 9 May 2021]). Originally performed and recorded for the Modular World 1st anniversary show (8-9 May 2021) which was a massive livestream event of 33+ hrs during the pandemic lockdowns. During the lockdown years, Modular World became one example of a fairly niche thing gathering people together worldwide to make experimental art online - when it was not possible to organize the usual small local performances - to create something positive and reach more people than they ever could individually. As the pandemic finally, thankfully, subsided, however, it seems that people went back to the enclosed local communities, and these types of global online communities lost their drive.  Also the rapidly accelerating #enshittification cycle of the past few years has buried the visibility of these kinds of communities from all major social media platforms. Of course, as Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic@mamot.fr ) has been pointing out for years, the enshittification of these platforms started much earlier. But somehow amid the pandemic, this niche scene still seemed to flourish, and it was only after Silicon Valley lined up to kiss the ring that the aggressive changes to the algorithms really seemed to change things.  Maybe this is correlation more than causation, but as activity at such niche scenes is often also created by fairly principled DIY-oriented people, it seems that many (myself included) have struggled with justifying why we keep feeding these platforms. This disillusionment is further exacerbated by the rise of the AI-slopmachine that will rip off all the non-commercial work from these platforms just like everything else. Online activity that gathers enough momentum to actually keep things active has in these types of niche scenes been very much dependent on instagram and youtube. Over the past few years, the visibility of this type on stuff that doesn’t try to optimise for the alorithm has plummeted.  Perhaps all of this has resulted in events such as the Modular World shows reaching fewer and fewer people. As wonderful as the promise of #Fediverse is, so far it seems that we’re very far from reaching the critical mass where it would actually start reaching new people. If the utopian enclave remains enclosed, it eventually dwindles away. But we can try! I’m posting these weird little Johannes Karkia mini music videos and performances here bit by bit. It’s a transfer of archive, posted on insta & youtube over th years, and also new work now & then.  But also Modular World does still exist! Go check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/07ErB3AjlAo?is=qr9q2pXlhWm7Hie2 (Full performance of this piece, and interview with MW’s Johno Wells there on the Modular World youtube channel and on the Johannes Karkia youtube channel [link in the bio above], audio track also on Bandcamp). #modularsynth #modularworld #anniversary #liveshow #electronicmusic #modulartechno #covid19 #pandemic #darkwave #eurorackmodular #Community #surveillancecapitalism #enshittification #platformcapitalism #algorithm #bigtech #siliconvalley #KissTheRing #enshittification #socialmedia #utopianenclave #utopianism #fediverse
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@ferricoxide@blahaj.zone · 4d ago
So, when one visits the Keep Android Open site, one of the things on the page is the attached. And, for the first time it's reached my awareness that part of #enshittification is that all of these companies have decided to become Darth Vader on Bespin ("…pray I don't alter it any further").
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@njsg@mementomori.social · 4d ago
sapo.pt enshittification Sensitive
@bossito@mastodon.social Não deixa de ser uma trajectória descendente que já vem de há alguns anos (aliás, os blogs não foram apontados como "alternativa" ao serviço de homepages?), mas hoje parece que houve um novo episódio e um ponto mais baixo: o SAPO mandou e-mails de propaganda, que cheguei a receber em duplicado e triplicado, sobre "novas funcionalidades" e uma versão "premium" do SAPO Mail. Traduzindo aquilo que tentaram enterrar sob toneladas de marketing: vai deixar de ser possível utilizar SAPO mail com clientes de e-mail. A piada é que o SAPO chegou a ser um exemplo de óptimas escolhas tecnológicas e de bons serviços... #SAPO #enshittification
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 6d ago
LMAO #Mastodon #DotSocial doesn’t have engagement algorithms so the concept of “ratios” really don’t exist here but this toot by @Blender@mastodon.social is the first true pile-one i’ve seen onhere: https://mastodon.social/@Blender/116482997785333001 131 comments 33 quote-posts yet 30 boosts 20 faves this is amazing and well deserved. jackasses. #Anthropic #AI #enshittification
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@rashunda@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026
Just cracked this open. #enshittification @pluralistic@mamot.fr
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@rimu@piefed.social in enshitification · Apr 27, 2026

The enshittification multiverse - A guide to applying "enshittification" to things other than digital platforms

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@cityhallin@infosec.exchange · Apr 26, 2026
New level of enshittification unlocked. Some of the jobs I'm applying for are now adding my email from my job application to their marketing emails to buy their services. I'm noticing more often submitting a job application now requires you to accept a fucking Terms of Service before you can submit it. :blobcatangery: #enshittification #jobsearch #privacy
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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · Apr 24, 2026
"But it’s not just that AI companies are restricting access to their products, shutting down products altogether, and beginning to increase prices. The broader impact of the current unsustainability of AI can be seen across various sectors of the economy." https://www.404media.co/the-ai-compute-crunch-is-here-and-its-affecting-the-entire-economy/ #news #technology #TechNews #AI #LLMs #enshittification
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 24, 2026
@pheonix@hachyderm.io I think the #Enshittification of the #Web needs to be pushed back hard. As in: If it can't use that #Website with @torproject@mastodon.social / #TorBrowser over an #Iridium connection @2400bit/s it should be illegal to put it online! Kind of harsh, IK. I'm so sick of the Enshittification that it makes me more and more "militant" in terms of #Privacy, #DataProtection, #ConsumerRights & #UserRights. This mistreatment reminds me of the Gaming Industry excl. #Valve
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 24, 2026
@semifor@ack.nerdfight.online similarly I do @OS1337@infosec.space not just as an exercise in #Linux #basics, but also as contingency plan amidst #enshittification. Cuz I can't imagine being a "#TechIlliterate #Normie" using #Govware like #Windows. I'd rather quit than do that!
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 18, 2026
@cmccullough@polymaths.social I mean, #AIburnout due to #AIslop is so real, I've already seen many folks thinking to quit #tech and i.e. start an #ostrich farm or become a #lumberjack instead, because it drains all their passion for #IT and tech... #burnout #TechWorkers #Resignation #Enshittification
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 21, 2026
@hsza@social.tudbut.de I certainly would if the opposite site would dial down the #Enshittification and revert back to a useable state! Or do you also kindly ask a burglar to leave?No, you call the cops / drectly overwhelm them and force them to the ground face down to be dragged out by the cops. If I won't stand my ground, noone else will stand up for me (or the #TechIlliterates) either. #HumanRights & #CivilRights are not to be asked for but enforced!Sounds harsh, but that's my life experience…
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 21, 2026
@mach_moody@techhub.social Also the only valid reaction to #Enshittification with #Spyware / #Govware and other garbage is to flatout refuse & reject it by migrating away from #MicroSlop & Co. Otherwise silently accepting said abuse by #GAFAMs is consent to them!
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 21, 2026
Repeat after me: "#DeviceAttestation" is just as much #Malware as #CensorBoot aka. "#SecureBoot" and "#KernelLevelAntiCheat / #ClientSideAntiCheat"… Appeasement of #Cyberfascists that demandnit won't help!Only if #Consumers universally reject #Apps that demand this shit will we not get the #Enshittification of another #iOS on #Android…
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 20, 2026
Some may say something like: That's actually a good deal Espechally when one compares it to the already outrageous pricing they do regularly of close to €1 per nugget. But even that is an absurd profit margin…Like close to €40/kg kinda pricing! #Greedflation #Shrinkflation #Inflation #Greed #Enshittification
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@ferricoxide@blahaj.zone · Apr 13, 2026
@dcoderlt@ohai.social The really funny (I'd say "tragic", but fuck the commercial, #enshittification optimized Internet services — Twitter, FaceBook, etc.) is that after the adults have colonized, they don't really even need to kick the kids out. As the adults colonize, the "proprietors" tend to try to make the space more colonizer-friendly. It changes the character of the space more than just the presence of the colonizers, frequently to the point that the original patrons start removing themselves because the colonized space has become "lame" (or whatever the current-to-the-space term du jour is). Many times, the long-term result is the death of "third spaces" — be they physical or virtual (been to a mall or a pool hall lately — the ones that even still exist?). What's different in the current epoch is the desire to ensure that kids have no place to go. So, while I joked about "encouraging kids how to use non-commercial products", it also contributes to "hooliganism". When you force kids into circumvention and going underground, it also tends to foster other habits that the "won't somebody think of the children" crowd tends to dislike.
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@flargh@mastodon.social · Apr 17, 2026
Children, gather round the campfire and let Grandpa tell you of the good old days, when Google was a search engine that served a useful function for people who needed to find information on the Internet. #enshittification
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@dnkboston@apobangpo.space · Apr 16, 2026
I used #Smashwords as my distribution platform for my ebooks. (I do not sell anything on Amazon.) #Draft2Digital merged with SW, and I should have known something like this would happen. I don't sell a lot--I haven't marketed in years--and I can afford the fee. But this is a sign of worse to come. Should I just sell on my website? Or is there another similar service? https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/draft2digital-is-going-to-implement-fees #indiepubishing #d2d #ebooks #enshittification
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