There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?

  • justsomeguy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Enshittification is a new word for the same monetary corruption we’ve experienced in every single aspect of our civilisation. The only things that remain unaffected by it are non profit projects. Take Wikipedia for example. It doesn’t gain anything from showing you articles you don’t want to see because it’s financed through donations so it’s just a useful collection of information. Imagine it had been built around advertisment. It’d be an absolute shitshow by now with click bait on every page. The only escape from it is to take profits put of the picture entirely. Built open source platforms that aren’t and can’t be owned by any one entity and run them without the goal to generate money.