oshyYou noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose
Turns out that was on purpose
Wilfried Klaebe@ocean If that is not enshittification as defined by @pluralistic...
John McChesney-Young@wonka @ocean @pluralistic And in fact @pluralistic has an excellent series about this at: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-understood/episode/16142603-introducing-understood-who-broke-the-internet (or what I'm sure will be excellent - I've only listened to the first so far)
Introducing Understood: Who Broke the Internet? | Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
It's not you — the internet really does suck. Novelist, blogger and noted internet commentator Cory Doctorow explains what happened to the internet and why you're tormented by ads, bots, algorithms, AI slop and so many pop-ups. Spoiler alert: it wasn't an accident. In a four-part series, Doctorow gets into the decisions made by powerful people that got us here, and most importantly, how we fix it. New episodes released weekly starting on Monday, May 5, 2025.