Wow, wtf Firefox? Not even Chrome is blocking some of the add-ons…

Guess enshittification is starting to creep into Firefox now too

God I’m getting sick of that word.

I'm sick of the concept it represents.

Yeah me too, but can we not discuss it in a more nuanced and useful way than just shoving this word into every single post on Lemmy?

If things would stop getting shittier, then yes. I’m not entirely sure that it applies here so I understand your annoyance, but you’re seeing “enshittification” everywhere because we’re seeing the practice of enshittification everywhere. I applaud it being called out. We shouldn’t be seeing higher prices for worse experiences, but that’s the current trend. If you’re tired of seeing the word, then it’d probably be a good idea to take a break from c/technology because I don’t think it’s stopping any time soon.

I think we see it so much because kids on the internet think it’s fun to say. It’s dismissive and stifles meaningful conversation.

I think it describes a phenomenon we’ve seen repeated over and over almost without variation. Every single internet service slowly gets shittier as they switch from investment to returning investment. Everything going back to MySpace and Yahoo Spaces went from awesome to abandoned as soon as they started trying to monetize the platform they built. It’s fair to have a word for that and observing the inevitability.

Does it do any good if it is inevitable? I don’t know. The Fediverse seems to be a direct reaction to it, and I’d like to see more.