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Following on to my original link discussion The Enshittification of Everything we have ArsTechinca’s take on some of the worst offenders. I have to say SmartTVs would be on the top of my list as well. The list is great and I can’t say I disagree with any of it.
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase “enshittification” to describe the decay of online platforms. The word immediately set the Internet ablaze, as it captured the growing malaise regarding how almost everything about the web seemed to be getting worse.
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Anyway, we at Ars have covered a lot of things that have been enshittified. Here are some of the worst examples we’ve come across. Hopefully, you’ll share some of your own experiences in the comments. We might even do a follow-up story based on those.
By way of Ars Technica