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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

new players still at the “don’t be evil” phase of the inevitable path to “become an amoral orphan crushing machine”.

Ann I think you mean how enshitification happens. Yes: there is an official, agreed-upon word for this exact thing that keeps happening

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Oh for sure, it's my favorite word of 2023. I've taught everyone I know - I've been using it enough I'm now trying to avoid saying it directly

Overuse is how you turn a specific term into a meaningless buzzword after all - and enshittification is a wonderfully precise explanation of a nebulous process of capitalism self-cannibalizing around us, a system based on growth that ran out of profitable markets to colonize

[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago