#enshittified — Public Fediverse posts

#BigTech is killing it, and not in a good way 😮‍💨 Everything gets #enshittified, the #InternetArchive is sometimes working and sometimes not, #Google tries to silofy everything… #AgeID nonsense, biometric #CAPTCHAs 🤢🤮 … attempts to ban #VPNs, #E2E, and groups that provide tools and services against oppression… 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #jeez #fckbigwhack

I’ve done a quick bit of calculation. Since my local bowling centre moved to string bowling (as has basically everywhere in the UK), I stopped going for a weekly competition.

I estimate that’s at least £2200 or so I’ve not spent.

Ditto those I went with - none of us go anymore.

I get that it’s way cheaper to manage and maintain but it has ruined the game.

It has #enshittified the game.

Byebye #Vivino, it was fun while it lasted.

Hope you didn’t make your GDPR-workflow too expensive internally…

#enshittified

@dbattistella
OMG - terrifying! 🙀 Now why would Carney do that? “A reminder that Mark Carney eliminated the national ‘Weatheradio’ service. The network of 200+ stations provided 24-hour current conditions, forecasts, and evacuation warnings, on a continuous loop.” 🙀
Radio becomes more & more a solid service 🎗️, a potentially lifesaving solid service, when all others become enshittified & no longer fit-for-purpose (if they ever were).

#Canada #Ontario #enshittified #weatheradio #wildfires #FordFires

@billyjoebowers Just like republiKKKans to keep a human being on life support to prevent representation.

PS even autocorrect is #enshittified

Speaking of the fridge, this is the one where I already had to 3D print some fixes. Now the door shelf is coming apart as it's made of that crappy plastic that has integrity of a rotten egg shell. Looks like I need to hack that aswell. #enshittified

@mfurlan I'm sure @lowqualityfacts gets an affiliate fee for sending people to this #enshittified website

Lawmakers should protect real people from harm—not focus on age restrictions; instead, strengthening a non-algorithmically-driven, non #enshittified Social Web would really help—interoperability should be mandatory for BigTech platforms. The #SocialWeb, aka #fediverse #mastodon by humans for humans.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gdqumykkptobwxvtvg352i5b/post/3mnpeya7z42m2

@privacyint @Privacymatters @beyondmachines1 #developerverification #govtid #privacymatters #enshittified
Image was shared by someone else.
I do recall this was being implemented around January or so.
#amazon #developerconsole

There was a time I worked on wordpress sites regularly. I used the Kadence theme and subscribed since 2018 to the Kadence full bundle that later got grandfathered but still available for current subscriptions. I still use it for 3 sites. I need to renew soon and found out today kadence was borged and #enshittified by liquidweb. It seems that my license option will remain but we know happened with Google G suite.
Here is a good writeup https://diydreamsite.com/kadence-liquidweb-rebrand/
Do I rebuild 3 sites before July?🤔

@Doomstrike @NudelnAlDente
I’m at the edge of my tolerance for YouTube too, now. It’s definitely getting more and more #enshittified

I need help (first-world problem)! I want a robot lawn mower. I’ve read articles. They aren’t clear about one thing:

Does every robot lawn mower require a network connection to the company’s servers?

I would prefer to buy one that can’t be #Enshittified if the company goes under or just decides to “stop supporting” the equipment. Otherwise I’m just renting the equipment at their pleasure.

Thank you!!

#robot #robotlawnmower #lawnmower #enshittification

@jwz Given the ridiculously stupid things happening in the world now, I had this sinking feeling that it would be for real. But after reading FloofyWolf's full post, I'm fairly certain it is satirical.

(See https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00018.html )

For me #Linux is the last bastion of computing freedom, now that MS and Apple appear to have become largely just #enshittified marketing/surveillance/fee-charging engines. I can certainly imagine a future where Linux (of all flavors) is under all-out assault from the tech-bros.

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116257411374685567

Eventually, #Bluesky will run out of venture capital (since it continues to burn money) and then it will either go out of business or (more likely) become #enshittified.

I've been seeing a lot of videos and blog posts about the resurgence of #piracy in response to #enshittification . A common note is that its a _service_ problem, not a _product_ problem which is correct.

A company that has known this from the get-go and has never #enshittified is #Beatport - they're like iTunes but specifically for #EDM (sorry #bonkwave #genrepolice) I bought my first #DRM -free #mp3 tracks from Beatport in 2004 and (with some exceptions) I can _still download them today_.

@freyablekman @Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez @pluralistic It's surely the case that scholars need to be vocal.

However, it's also related to what the kids call #terminal #capitalism; There's only so many hills you can die on *within* faculty.

If the society at large decides* there is no money for #arXiv, then arXiv will go the way of all #enshittified platforms.

* And it should be obvious that the high-level decision-making process should be questioned, not [only] scholars fighting for #budget.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

Dear Austin,

You ever tried making a modern-day built-this-century fridge last even half that long? This market got #enshittified years ago.

The Real World.

Well, this is forking intolerable.

#Firefox is officially #enshittified.

It turned on the horrid "sponsored shortcuts" and "sponsored stories" without me asking.

Those stories are the last dadgum thing I ever want to see. I don't want more news about USFASH.

Smeg #Mozilla. I hope Google bumps them off the money-nipple and they crash and burn.

I'm going to try #WaterFox and #LibreWolf again.

#enshittification #e14n

Honest #tech question, Google search is #enshittified:

Why does Windows still have 260-character file path limits? Is it an artifact from previous versions due to hardware limitations at the time? Backwards compatibility bs?
#AskFedi #technology #windows

@LisaKalayji

#Tile is totally #enshittified these days. I am looking for another alternative that doesn't require a Google or Apple account. Privacy, please.