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Taylor Parizo :donor:<p>If you ever needed a reason to corner your IoT devices in their own VLAN, let this be one. <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Jon Juarez<p>If a newspaper gives you AI content, and you have access to AI, the newspaper disappears from the equation. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AiSlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AiSlop</span></a></p>
j5v<p>4/n <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> business models are predatory.</p><p>Increasingly, platforms position themselves as a 'lens service' (gatekeeper) onto their version of the Internet.</p><p>At the same time as seemingly 'bringing you the Internet', they are isolating you from it, and biasing the content.</p><p>They hope that a summary in their search page is enough for you, without going to the source.</p><p>We need to honour the original WWW vision, allowing individuals to publish and earn from their expertise.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
j5v<p>3/n <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> business models are predatory.</p><p>Now is peak time for those businesses:</p><p>The WWW is full of expertise (and plenty of not-expertise, and yes, the Internet can be wrong), so is rich pickings for harvesters of expertise</p><p>However, as expertise is hollowed out and concentrated, while isolating the originators, the new expertise becomes superficial. It will eat only its own output.</p><p>Expertise is now needed to find expertise in the trash. All the trash looks the same.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
j5v<p>2/n <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> business models are predatory.</p><p>AI orgs exploit the 'gateway' or 'gatekeeper' business model, inserting themselves as a service between participants in activities.</p><p>They screen out others who might provide expertise, and call it their own. </p><p>They will charge for it at *all* points in the workflow:<br>- As a user, you'll pay for access to expertise, *and* feed it new expertise.<br>- As a provider of expertise or solutions, you'll bid for placement in the knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
j5v<p>1/n <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> business models are predatory</p><p>If you contribute to systems that use your content to train AI, you are transferring power and your ability to earn.</p><p>- It takes expertise from you, giving AI orgs the power to use it anywhere and make money from it.</p><p>- It reduces your value as an individual contributor, because a company can "use the AI", and not employ you.</p><p>- AI does not attribute sources, so you have no future reward for your expertise. They stole it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
LostNetizen<p>Amazon will discontinue the Kindle feature that lets you download the ebook files to your computer on February 26. That means no more independent backup safe from book deletion and modification, and no way (AFAIK) to remove the DRM and use third-party ebook readers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Rev. Dr. Mazigazi<p>In a push to end as much enshittification in my life, I'm trying to stop using Amazon, I've also killed my accounts with Twitler, FB and Insta. Hell, I'm even using Ecosia as a search engine instead of google. So now I need an alternative to gmail. Anyone have any suggestions? <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Ameel Khan<p>After straddling the Kindle and Kobo ecosystems for a couple of years, I have downloaded my last couple of books, cancelled all my preorders, and *finally* completely left the Kindle ecosystem. If you're someone who likes to download and back-up your Kindle books, you should do the same before 26 February. </p><p><a href="https://www.insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2025/2/18/leaving-the-amazon-kindle-ecosystem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insanityworks.org/randomtangen</span><span class="invisible">t/2025/2/18/leaving-the-amazon-kindle-ecosystem</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jaykass" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jaykass</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://thepit.social/@APBBlue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>APBBlue</span></a></span> </p><p>Indeed, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a> has somehow become the de-facto job board site, is suffering from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a>, and also became the place where a lot of ex-TWTR users landed.</p><p>The vibe is…strange.</p><p>Being active, with an updated profile, optimized for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AttentionEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttentionEconomics</span></a> of recruiters (or much rarer, hiring managers) scanning impossibly quickly is critical.</p><p><a href="https://www.superversive.co/blog/attention-economics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">superversive.co/blog/attention</span><span class="invisible">-economics</span></a></p>
craque frost 🏳️‍🌈<p>Sonos is now forcing me to create an account for a software update for the speakers. The app no longer works, the update is required, and the creation of an account is required.</p><p>What nonsense. Fuck you Sonos. I just want airplay speakers not your walled garden.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Sonos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonos</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p>Was going to book a local motel room because my rewards run out tomorrow, but it would still have cost me about $24 (plus tip) and I'm just not in the headspace to pack up and go across town for one night as much as I'd enjoy more and cleaner space than I have in the trailer. Unless my neighbors start triggering me in some way.</p><p>I hate rewards that expire. It is actually the last I'll use that platform because the only thing keeping me there was the rewards. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
AJ Sadauskas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/drtcombs.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>drtcombs.bsky.social</span></a></span> For the people following on Mastodon, here's a screenshot of the Mark Cuban post that Tab was referring to (full text in the caption):</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LargeLanguageModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModel</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TESCREALism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREALism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>I'll never get Reddit's hype. I closed my account ages ago, never looked back. DNGAF when it was free, sure as fuck ain't going to give a shit if it is paywalled. </p><p>&gt; Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/reddit-plans-to-lock-some-content-behind-a-paywall-this-year-ceo-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/reddit-plans-to-lock-some-content-behind-a-paywall-this-year-ceo-says/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Martin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skry</span></a></span> OMFG, cars - is there nothing they aren't shit at? <a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Microfractal<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.wurzelmann.at/@wurzelmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wurzelmann</span></a></span> Die armen habens ja auch nötig, in diesen schwierigen und existenzbedrohenden Zeiten. 😥 <br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> classics 🤑🤡</p>
Maike Küper<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a> hat wieder irgendwas Komisches am Algo gedreht, sodass in den letzten 3h 1000 (!) Accounts auf meinem Profil waren und ca. 20 AI-Kommentare unter meinem letzten Posts stehen..oh Mann ey. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/allfake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allfake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Michael Halligan<p>Disney+ just logged me out of my tv. Logged back in and they started showing 1-minute long ads before I can watch anything. </p><p>This is why we torrent. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
aadmaa<p>That is a flail. And things are going great.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Rivoluzione mobilità urbana🚶🚲🚋<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Stellantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellantis</span></a> introduce le pubblicità nelle <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/auto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auto</span></a></p><p>Cosa pensereste se, arrivati al semaforo rosso, voleste controllare la strada sul gps, e invece vi comparisse una pubblicità che occupa tutto lo schermo?</p><p>La <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/merdificazione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merdificazione</span></a> è arrivata nelle auto anche se pagate carissime. E aggiunge distrazione durante la guida di mezzi pericolosissimi. Cosa può andare storto?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/mobilitaInsostenibile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobilitaInsostenibile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techstory.in/stellantis-introduces-pop-up-ads-in-vehicles-sparking-outrage-among-owners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techstory.in/stellantis-introd</span><span class="invisible">uces-pop-up-ads-in-vehicles-sparking-outrage-among-owners/</span></a></p>