Comment on Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) Cory Doctorow

Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Enshittification is specifically how something inevitably gets worse and more anti-consumer due to pressures from capitalism/shareholders/profit incentive.

  Rot, at least in my mind, is not that specific. It could mean the codebase is not well maintained and slowly failing, as an example.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, that’s true, but the word sounds bad so I’m using the more fun one

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    • Jtotheb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cory Doctorow actually coined the term, so a decent strategy given how poorly it’s used would be to trust its use any time you read him and substitute it every other time

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    • TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Corporate rot sounds better than just rot as enshittification happens on purpose due to seeking to extract maximum value from something where as rot is just a natural consequence of atrophy over time

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