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Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we're closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech's power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

Meanwhile streaming services are jacking up their prices, having locked in their viewers.

That's the one thing I don't agree with. No one is locked into streaming services. Charging the prices people are willing to pay is not enshittification. Encshittfication will be when they buy all the cable TV, shut it down, start producing only reality shows and show ads every 5 minutes. So far they charge more but Netflix is still making Oscar winning movies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You are arguing about definition of enshittidication from guy who defined enshittification...

No one is locked into streaming services.

Well, ok, there is alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

No, I agree with the definition. What I'm saying is that quality of streaming services is not degrading. The price is going up but that's not the same thing.

And I already said that you have many alternatives: there's multiple competing services (who's competing with YT?), you still can buy disks, you can watch TV, you can go to the cinema, damn, you can even read a book. No one is locked into one source of entertainment.

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