"If ad-supported media was a restaurant, it'd be one where you got thrown up against a wall, relieved of your wallet, fed a handful of gruel, and then got kicked in the ass and sent on your way"

Great quote from Cory Doctorow, depicting how enshittified services operate. The article shows nicely how piracy was fine for #bigtech to do themselves at the start but anyone who does it to them now is breaking the law:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/30/zucksauce/