"David Roberts chat with author Cory Doctorow about "enshittification," his viral term for how digital platforms and smart technologies inevitably get worse over time. We explore how monopoly power, aggressive IP protections, and lax privacy law enable companies to capture and exploit users — and what that might mean for the clean energy transition as our homes and vehicles become increasingly software-dependent."—Volts

Can We Avoid The Enshittification Of Clean-Energy Tech? >

https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-we-avoid-the-enshittification

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