I disagree. My parents, big Roku users, wondering why Roku was becoming hostile to its customers with policy updates that require a remote to agree to, ads coming through cables (HDMI patent), were able to understand the nature of the company at the moment through the explanation of enshittification.
Comment on Cory Doctorow on Search Engine Enshittification
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 2 months ago
I completely agree with his points but enshittification is such a cringey word
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 2 months ago
systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Cringe as it may be, literally everyone understands what it means.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They can downvote you all you want but they can’t make you wrong. It’a especially bad when people misuse it.
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Yeah. Though there really isn’t a single word describing the growth-to-monetization-phase shift that I’m aware of.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The welfare harms from monopolies are hardly a new discovery. The “growth phase” is called - in some contexts, at least - the “predation stage” followed by the “recoupment phase”.