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Enshittification: The Predictable Decline of Digital Platforms
Explore Cory Doctorow's concept of Enshittification, revealing the predictable, profit-driven decay of digital platforms from user-friendly havens to frustrating, extractive environments. Understand the lifecycle from initial allure to eventual decline.
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“Explore Cory Doctorow's concept of Enshittification, revealing the predictable, profit-driven decay of digital platforms from user-friendly havens to frustrating, extractive environments. Understand the lifecycle from initial allure to eventual decline.”
— Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: The Predictable Decline of Digital Platforms
platforms, decline, internet
This book is for anyone seeking to understand the hidden economic forces that degrade our digital lives, offering a crucial mental model to discern why beloved platforms inevitably turn extractive and how to navigate a perpetually 'enshittifying' online world with sharper judgment and greater agency.
Cory Doctorow, a renowned journalist, activist, and science fiction author, brings decades of incisive observation and deep technical understanding to expose the systemic forces that corrupt our digital commons.