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Pluralistic: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 20, 2025January 31, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags activitypub, adversarial interoperability, atproto, Bluesky, capitalist unrealism, captive users, collective action problems, comcom, enshittification, even if youre paying for the product youre the product, federation, fediverse, fire exits, fracture lines, if youre not paying for the product youre the product, jack welch, leftism, mastodon, praxis, profits, rents, social media, switching costs, technofeudalism5 Comments on Pluralistic: Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025)

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