Mastodawn

#AI
What gets me is that there is a disconnect that is generally not seen in our current situation. AI companies know that generative AI only has limited real-world use (at the moment) but are forcing it into everything so that it becomes a dependent feature going forward. We keep talking about the AI bubble bursting. They know it's coming. With all the AI integration on a device level, we need to maintain products that haven't fully #enshitified and create alternatives to those that have

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Christos Argyropoulos MD PhD 4d ago

I am afraid that Elon and Zuckerberg cooked themselves in when they allied with certain interest groups and #enshitified their product in the quest for ad money. #Facebook will start limiting links too for professional accounts trying to keep people on a platform that is dying from scamming, reels and AI slop. History of business is not going to be kind to those who destroyed global agoras for ephemeral gains.

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Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3 Dec 17

@majorlinux #firefox is getting #enshitified

mattlqx Dec 6

Garage doors, #enshitified with wireless. The home I bought has some 10 year old Liftmasters that work with #Ratgdo controllers. Even the fact that those workarounds are required for the utterly horrible MyQ devices was enough to swear me off of intentionally buying #Chamberlain products, but their need to continually make worse products takes it further. https://www.theverge.com/tech/839294/chamberlain-myq-garage-door-opener-update-blocks-aftermarket-controllers #smarthome

Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers — again

Security+ 3.0 kills compatibility with popular smart home platforms enabled by controllers from Tailwind, Meross, and Ratgdo.

The Verge

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Carlos Cámara-Menoyo Nov 25

@ben just installed it in a server, and while it looks really promissing, I noticed an add promising an Amazon voucher for those willing to go pro.

Besides finding it so alien to (self-hosted) #FLOSS ethos, that mad me wonder if this is already #enshitified since inception.

Michael Kohlman Nov 6

If anyone were to be curious about why social networks like Meta don't push harder to stop fraudulent posts and ads, well, it is because it generates about 1 out every 10 dollars earned:

#enshitified #enshitification

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

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Michael Kohlman Oct 30

The example I'm going to use for this today is Microsoft's recent transition of the Microsoft Photo App to the CoPilot, OneDrive, entagled mess that is now the "default" Image Viewing App in Windows 11 25H2.

Microsoft got a LOT of gripes about the app during WindowsInsider testing, but they want everyone on CoPilot and OneDrive, so it was pushed out anyway.

The "concession" to folks that hated the new app was to continue offering the older, faster, non- #enshitified app on the Microsoft Store.

henrix Oct 23

Is it just me or the #duckduckgo search engine has become a total crap? I've been using since... forever, but now comparing it's results with #startpage and it really sucks. WTH?

#ddg #enshitified #startpage #duckduckgo

john verdon Oct 6

@youtube - is becoming so #enshitified it's becoming unwatchable

Oct 6

Just got some "feedback survey" from #Strava
All about money (and how much they could charge and get away with it). No free form (I might have told them how I feel about their recent moves)

The futur is #Enshitified