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I like this. My thinking on the problem is that Musk, Google, FB et al think they’re air when they’re mostly chocolate cake.

Bad move by FB to dig in their heels with Canada though - Google seems to still want to negotiate. Canadians get pissed when people try to blackmail us (Meta), and we’re stubborn.

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should be a worldwide extra holiday 😁

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While I’m not happy with FB and googles decision, I don’t blame them for it.

The current government here in Canada is a joke.

@mastodonmigration Every time I read the words "#Mastodon #Migration" I think it's the name of some cool #reggae song by Thievery Corporation, ya mon.

I and I be done with the tweets
Bab-Elon man can't take da heat
Time to move on to da Mastodon
Irie future in da Mastadon

Mastadon Migration
It's a Mastadon Migration, mon
Shakin' up the nation, mon
It's the Mastadon Migration, ya!

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From the point of view of the investors, #enshittification is not suicidal. It’s a cash out. It turns a long term track record of usefulness to consumers and suppliers into a short term grift. It’s the natural result of capitalist-backed internet properties.

#Enshittification is probably the most important phenomena @pluralistic has identified and articulated. Nobel Prize in Economics worthy, really.

The upside of course is the opposing market force of competition. When sites cash out, the window is short for the grifters, and new sites to serve the now-abandoned markets should spring up.

If they’re good enough for their consumers and suppliers, they’ll last until their own #enshittification processes conclude.

Easiest (and only?) way to avoid the cycle and be more-or-less permanently useful is “don’t be capitalist.” You’ll still have other problems, but #enshittification isn’t one.

@internetarchive and #Mastodon appear to be operating this way, but are vulnerable to attack by capitalist interests. But they won’t go grifter - there’s nobody to collect a payoff.