Today's links
- Don't Be Evil: My new Locus Column.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Tag: enshittification
Pluralistic: The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot (09 Nov 2023)
Today's links
- The enshittification of garage-door openers reveals a vast and deadly rot: Firms undisciplined by competition, regulation, or self-help measures.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: Amazon is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023)
Today's links
- Amazon is a ripoff: New Amazon paradox just dropped.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Big Tech's "attention rents" (03 Nov 2023)
Today's links
- Big Tech's "attention rents": Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit (30 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit: $46.5 billion incinerated and he's richer than ever.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA (26 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Amazon Alexa is a graduate of the Darth Vader MBA: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification" (24 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Podcasting "Microincentives and Enshittification": They’ve run out of lands to conquer and they’re taking it out on you.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic (14 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic: The brittle equilibrium of stage three enshittification.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Google's enshittification memos (03 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Google's enshittification memos: Truly, Big Tech can't stop telling on itself.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Saturday linkdump, part the sixth (09 Sept 2023)
Today's links
- Saturday linkdump, part the sixth: The new digital disorder.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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