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• jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I honestly find it impressive how quickly the word “enshittification” is brought up in Lemmy comments

  (/s, but we do talk about it a lot here)

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  • Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean like Linux?

    I use Ubuntu, btw

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is it really enshittification if you can just turn it off if you don’t like it? Adding useless features alone doesn’t seem to be enshittification to me- it’s when those useless features become inescapable where the problem lies.

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  • gardylou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To be fair, it’s often brought up accurately. Contemporary internet is a deeply enshittified place.

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, I’m here specifically because of enshittification. Had reddit actually gotten better over time, I’d still be there; but every year came with another handful and anti-user bullshit. Finally threw my hands up, said fuck it, deleted my account, and started scouring the internet for an alternative. Eventually stumbled into Lemmy and haven’t had a reason to look back.

    …I don’t think my story here is especially unique, either. Seems just about everyone here is a pissed off ex-redditer, so enshittification is hot on all of our brains.

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People who don’t care about enshittification, or who don’t think about it specifically in connection to Reddit, aren’t here because they’re using Reddit instead.

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• Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s like they’re racing to the bottom with Twitter

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Steve does love Elon. It makes sense for Reddit to follow Twitter’s lead.

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