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@cityhallin@infosec.exchange · 20h ago
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 · 3d ago
"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 · 3d ago
@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 · 3d ago
@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 · 5d ago
@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 · 6d ago
@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 · 6d ago
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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@saaste@mementomori.social · Apr 08, 2026
Pelasin eilen pleikkaria kun uuden television ruutuun ilmestyi popup, joka peitti noin 1/4 ruudusta. Onneksi pelasin rauhallista peliä, joten popup ei pilannut muuta kuin hyvän mielen. Entä mitä popupissa sanottiin? Hei! ✨ Tiesithän, että televisiossasi on AI 🤖 ominaisuuksia! Näin niitä voi käyttää! Käytäthän niitä!!1 Televisio on ollut minulle alle viikon ja olen nähnyt tuon popupin kolmesti. Pakko varmaan alkaa selvitää, että mistä tuon saa kytkettyä pois päältä - jos saa. Ja ei, tähän ei auta se, että käyttää erillistä media-PC:tä tai AppleTV:tä. Olin pelaamassa pleikkaria, joten televisio kirjaimellisesti tunkee AI-popupeja ulkoisen signaalin päälle. Miksi modernien laitteiden pitää olla tällaista paskaa? #enshittification #samsung
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@juhani@mementomori.social · Mar 30, 2026
We're starting to see AI-authored advertisements inside software code (pull requests, to be precise). 11 300 results for this particular Raycast ad on Github at the time of writing! https://github.com/search?q=%22%E2%9A%A1+Quickly+spin+up+copilot+coding+tasks%22&type=pullrequests #AI #ads #enshittification
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@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social · Mar 29, 2026
@o.simardcasanova.net I dunno - so far, every social media algorithm has become part of the #Enshittification cycle, where the algorithm is eventually weaponized against users and customers. Why should this one be any different? The motivations behind entshittifcation do not change, after all.
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@CenturyAvocado@know.me.uk · Mar 29, 2026
Do you want to see a monumental software fuck up.. ? #Microsoft #Outlook #MicrosoftOutlook on Android has everything 1 hour out today! I can't imagine how many people will get screwed over by that today! #SoftwareGore #Enshittification
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@fierysparrow89@lemmy.world in technology · Mar 17, 2026

Why Every App is Getting Worse On Purpose

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjEGRXVKQCQ “#enshittification is a sign that #bigtech has run out of ideas”
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@SteveRudolfi@mastodon.social · Mar 23, 2026
Welllllll this isn't great. Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website "...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead." https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website #SEO #Google #AI #enshittification
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@wtrmt@mastodon.social · Mar 17, 2026
@flipper@mastodonapp.uk @DaNanner@mastodon.coffee @Nicovel0@mastodon.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk it was very good until 2-3 years ago. Shame on them. #enshittification
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@trib@aus.social · Mar 17, 2026
Mastodon is 100% the early days of social media all over. Some of you will already be familiar with this story. My weather station (a very nice Netatmo that has served very well) crapped out after nearly 10 years of excellent service. I asked for recommendations here for a new station that would play nicely with #HomeAssistant, and hopefully, also HomeKit. I received *many* recommendations, with Ecowitt (and the brands it manufactures for) taking the lead. A connection on here offered me their *unopened* Ecowitt weather station for a very generous price. It arrived yesterday, and I set it up, and it's already doing a great job. Works offline, talks to Home Assistant without any problems. I just need to do a couple of bits of configuration jiggery-pokery and it will pass data to HomeKit. This is very much how things were when I first joined Twitter in 2007. In spite of attempts at #enshittification of everything, the #fediverse is putting up a good fight. May your day online be as satisfying as mine was yesterday.
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