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Enshittification, also known as platform decay, is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to both users and business customers to maximize short-term profits for shareholders.
Examples:
Academic publishing
Between 2016 and 2022 the turn over and profit margins of academic publishers increased partly due to article processing charges from open access. This has been accompanied by predatory publishers who prioritize profit over scholarly integrity. This Academic enshittification results in a scholarly system that is "overwhelmed by quantity, distorted by profit motives, and is stripped of its purpose of advancing knowledge."
Amazon
In Doctorow's original post, he discussed the practices of Amazon. The online retailer began by attracting users with goods sold below cost and (with an Amazon Prime subscription) free shipping. Once its user base was solidified, more sellers began to sell their products through Amazon. Finally, Amazon began to add fees to increase profits. In 2023, over 45% of the sale price of items went to Amazon in the form of various fees. Doctorow described advertisement within Amazon as a payola scheme in which sellers bid against one another for search-ranking preference, and said that the first five pages of a search for "cat beds" were half advertisements.
Dating apps
The market for dating apps has been cited as an example of enshittification due to the conflict between the dating apps' ostensible goal of matchmaking, and their operators' desire to convert users to the paid version of the app and retain them as paying users indefinitely by keeping them single, creating a perverse incentive that leads performance to decline over time as efforts at monetization begin to dominate.
in this case, the platform (i.e. vlc) has literally not changed. it's essentially the same thing it's been for going-on twenty years. there has been no updates or upgrades or changes that affect how it looks or runs. version 3.0 is like eight years old. version 2 was pretty much the same, as was version 1 before that. vlc is one of the most stable and consistent software applications on the planet.
This is free software made by people who care about it. You are not entitled to any of it so stop crying and move to something else if you don't like it.
VLC actually has some tech debt issues compared to, say, MPV or some other projects. Maybe it’s getting some feature bloat. But it has nothing to do with those configurable UI quibbles.
That last paragraph is why maintainers step down from projects. Recieving vitrol like that for something they do in their free time is not healthy. And then we'll have no vlc whatsoever, good or bad interface.
If you are that bothered by it, pin it, fork it or patch it.
Its made up! The windows people are working on windows 13 the return of the sith. Windows 13 will be forcefully implemented into our brain. We'll be fed raisin bran and function as processing units for big AI.
25 Comments
Goun@lemmy.ml · 55 pts · 74d
That's not enshitification, tho
altphoto@lemmy.today · -42 pts · 74d
It's features that worked fine before and now they don't. So enshittification.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev · 37 pts · 74d
Do you really think that's the definition of that term? "something that no longer works"?
By that logic, my bike has been enshitified because it has a flat tire.
altphoto@lemmy.today · -29 pts · 74d
Enshittification, also known as platform decay, is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time.
SGforce@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 74d
Due to "dark patterns", not simply due to difference of opinion on new features.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 74d
If you are going to cooy and paste, copy and paste the entire thing.
Examples:
Academic publishing
Between 2016 and 2022 the turn over and profit margins of academic publishers increased partly due to article processing charges from open access. This has been accompanied by predatory publishers who prioritize profit over scholarly integrity. This Academic enshittification results in a scholarly system that is "overwhelmed by quantity, distorted by profit motives, and is stripped of its purpose of advancing knowledge."
Amazon
In Doctorow's original post, he discussed the practices of Amazon. The online retailer began by attracting users with goods sold below cost and (with an Amazon Prime subscription) free shipping. Once its user base was solidified, more sellers began to sell their products through Amazon. Finally, Amazon began to add fees to increase profits. In 2023, over 45% of the sale price of items went to Amazon in the form of various fees. Doctorow described advertisement within Amazon as a payola scheme in which sellers bid against one another for search-ranking preference, and said that the first five pages of a search for "cat beds" were half advertisements.
Dating apps
The market for dating apps has been cited as an example of enshittification due to the conflict between the dating apps' ostensible goal of matchmaking, and their operators' desire to convert users to the paid version of the app and retain them as paying users indefinitely by keeping them single, creating a perverse incentive that leads performance to decline over time as efforts at monetization begin to dominate.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev · 11 pts · 74d
So are you starting to see the issue here, or do you think that my bike is an online platform?
altphoto@lemmy.today · -22 pts · 74d
Your new bike version comes with one pedal only. You see the problem?
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev · 7 pts · 74d
Problem, possibly. Just not because of enshitification, since that has a very specific meaning.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 74d
in this case, the platform (i.e. vlc) has literally not changed. it's essentially the same thing it's been for going-on twenty years. there has been no updates or upgrades or changes that affect how it looks or runs. version 3.0 is like eight years old. version 2 was pretty much the same, as was version 1 before that. vlc is one of the most stable and consistent software applications on the planet.
joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 74d
So everything in that definition cant be applied to VLC, at this point ... stop digging a hole ...
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 74d
skill issues
Edit: This is just a joke reply. Don't take it personal. Frustration with software is never fun to have. Maybe delete your config file and start over.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 74d
this.
vlc literally has not changed appearance.. like, ever
nocteb@feddit.org · 21 pts · 74d
This is free software made by people who care about it. You are not entitled to any of it so stop crying and move to something else if you don't like it.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 74d
Agreed with others, this is not enshittification.
VLC actually has some tech debt issues compared to, say, MPV or some other projects. Maybe it’s getting some feature bloat. But it has nothing to do with those configurable UI quibbles.
db2@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 74d
Have you tried changing the ui settings
Rod_Orm@piefed.world · 12 pts · 74d
Don't kids these days know what "enshittification" really means?
savvywolf@pawb.social · 9 pts · 74d
VLC's shareholders must be pleased though. /s
Rod_Orm@piefed.world · 3 pts · 74d
Lmao
raise the prices
savvywolf@pawb.social · 11 pts · 74d
That last paragraph is why maintainers step down from projects. Recieving vitrol like that for something they do in their free time is not healthy. And then we'll have no vlc whatsoever, good or bad interface.
If you are that bothered by it, pin it, fork it or patch it.
altphoto@lemmy.today · -7 pts · 74d
Its made up! The windows people are working on windows 13 the return of the sith. Windows 13 will be forcefully implemented into our brain. We'll be fed raisin bran and function as processing units for big AI.
dashdanw@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 74d
I understand why this is getting downvoted but to be honest it does "encourage conversation" and I'm learning a lot from the comments.
procapra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 74d
I personally use Media Player Classic (MPC-HC). Just in case you wanted an alternative.
LinusOnLemmyWld@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 74d
dude, calm down. it's free software, still plays pretty much every format out there
altphoto@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 74d
Like that?