Show threadLed By Gilded FoolsOct 6

@maxleibman Amazon is way past its 'Prime'

"you’re paying the Amazon tax no matter where you shop – even the corner mom-and-pop hardware store."

Excerpted from the boook Enshittification
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish

#Amazon #Prime #AmazonPrime #enshittification #enshitternet #enshittogenic #JunkFees

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

The Guardian
Led By Gilded FoolsOct 5

"you’re paying the Amazon tax no matter where you shop – even the corner mom-and-pop hardware store."

Excerpted from the boook Enshittification
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish

Buy Cory's book here https://guardianbookshop.com/enshittification-9781836742227/

@pluralistic
#Amazon #Prime #AmazonPrime #enshittification #enshitternet #enshittogenic #JunkFees

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it

The Guardian
Show threadSebastian ZdrojewskiMay 18, 2025

The “victim” bot will open a ticket with the “moderator bot” to appeal the decision, and it will reject it because the “victim bot” will have to ask the account owner to validate the captcha and prove that it is not a robot.

And the bigger the companies, the more noticeable this situation is: banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, healthcare services: the digital space has become this #enshittogenic (credit @pluralistic), to the point opening any "major" platform gives you nausea.

5/5