Pluralistic: Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification (07 Nov 2024)

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Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification: We've got the wrong kind of middlemen.
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Pluralistic: Cleantech has an enshittification problem (26 Jun 2024)

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Cleantech has an enshittification problem: Who's gonna make a 25-year purchase from a startup with six months' worth of runway?
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This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019
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Pluralistic: How to design a tech regulation (20 Jun 2024)

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How to design a tech regulation: A modest proposal for a transatlantic self-equilibriating system.
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Pluralistic: The Cult of Mac (12 Jan 2024)

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The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
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Pluralistic: Linkdump Minkchump (16 Dec 2023)

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Linkdump Minkchump: A thoroughly assorted Saturday.
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Pluralistic: The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot (09 Nov 2023)

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The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot: Firms undisciplined by competition, regulation, or self-help measures.
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Pluralistic: For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices (04 Oct 2023)

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For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices: A long-overdue antitrust beatdown for Agri Stats.
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Pluralistic: Autoenshittification (24 July 2023)

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Autoenshittification: How the computer killed capitalism.
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Pluralistic: Netflix wants to chop down your family tree (02 Feb 2023)

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Netflix wants to chop down your family tree: The enshittification cycle comes for your most private domain.
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Pluralistic: 20 Oct 2022 It was all downhill after the Cuecat

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It was all downhill after the Cuecat: On the origins of "user manipulation and surveillance."
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