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.
Comment on The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow [1:49:08]
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoDefine “good.” I imagine it’s informative but depressing. Does he find space for optimism? For solutions?
gary@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
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.)
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The last 100+ pages of his book are about solutions