7 October 2025
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
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Comment on The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow [1:49:08]
gary@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
I'm about halfway through the book and it's so good!
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
He’s coming to my city on tour so I’ll pick it up then, I’m excited!
gary@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
That's awesome! I'm in Ohio and he's not coming anywhere near here on the tour lol but I did order the hardcover copy. I'm trying to hold off on the audiobook now so I can finish it as the actual book.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Define “good.” I imagine it’s informative but depressing. Does he find space for optimism? For solutions?
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The last 100+ pages of his book are about solutions
gary@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Definitely informative and depressing. Honestly kinda just confirming what a lot of people have suspected all along I think; everything's a monopoly, companies are good until they lock enough people into their platform and then they're too big to care. Lots of really good examples and depressing fun facts weaved into it lol. One thing that makes it so interesting to me is that over the last couple of decades we've all been watching the enshittification of everything in real time. This book makes sense of it. That said, idk what his solutions are 100% but I gotta believe he offers some kind of clarity or way forward by the time I finish it. I have a little ways to go still.
JoshuaBrusque@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Enshittification will keep happening under capitalism, that’s a feature of the system. You can try to regulate it with strong government, but that is a pipe-dream and not a permanent solution in the US. The cards are too stacked against reform at the moment. (Would need to abolish the Electoral College, equal voting rights, remove gerrymandering, implement strict campaign financing laws, remove lobbying, etc.)