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SkyNTP ,

Enshitification was coined by Cory Doctrow specifically for the tech space, because the tech space is uniquely poised to constantly shift and tweak a service-based product to manipulate users, creators, and the paying customers.

I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a "two sided market," where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, holding each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/

This is on top of the normal problem of greed. Now I didn't read the article because it is pay walled (go figure). Is this article actually drawing a correct comparison to the definition of enshitification above, or is it just lazily ascribing the phenomenon of greed to that word?

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I'm not sure how you come to this conclusion. For every example of a capitalist avoiding risky investments, there are 100 capitalists betting on the next innovation.

Venture capital. Heard the term? AI, Metaverse, crypto, web 2.0, .com... The tech space alone is full of capital making (stupidly risky) bets. They also make good bets too, like PC, search engines, online shopping (oh, look how the tech giants came to be).

I get it, capitalism bad. But this is just a nonsensical argument.

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But no doubt we’ll have a future where info is right there if we want it.

But we're already there. It's called a smartphone.

The value add of replacing a pocket watch or a cellphone with a device about the same size that also fits in your pocket but also gives you access to all the world's information in seconds is immense. And that's why the smartphone revolutionized the world.

The value add of having that information strapped to your face at all times is... just not worth the physical discomfort of having said device strapped to your face.

I say this as a VR user. A device strapped over your face really sucks and you can't wait to take it off. The only reason to tolerate it is that that's the only way to trick your senses into thinking you are somewhere else.

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https://shinobi.video

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Apple has always had a walled garden on iOS and that didn't stop them from becoming a giant in the US. Most people are fine with the App Store and don't care about openness or the ability to do whatever they want with the device they "own."

Uh. No. In the consumer space, maybe, but in the business and professional world, Windows essentially still has a monopoly.

And therein is the crux of the argument of the author: the vision pro is not marketed, or priced for the consumer market. It is marketed, and priced for the business world, and compromises on build immensely, by failing to provide consumers with consumable content and failing to give professionals the general purpose computing needed for actual productivity (developers, developers, developers!).

The author says that because of this compromise, it will likely fail in that segment (the only commercially viable segment at that price point) for the same reason that Mac's never captured some of Window's market share (hipster design studio full of Macs and iPads are loud and proud, but still insignificant market share).

SkyNTP ,

"Social media" just means a public place where the plebs can upload content and interact with other plebs via the internet without knowing a lick of html, Internet culture, or anything technical really. If they are so lucky, some might even be graced by the attention of a minor internet celebrity, the modern day patricians.

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Coincidentally, also why I don't care much for most social media content.

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Who the fuck cares about 10Gbit/s? With data caps, there is nothing I am downloading on a mobile device that is perceptibly faster than downloading it at 1/1000 of that speed

Microsoft CEO calls for tech industry to 'act' after AI photos of Taylor Swift circulate X (www.themirror.com)

Microsoft CEO calls for tech industry to 'act' after AI photos of Taylor Swift circulate X::Satya Nadella spoke to Lester Holt about artificial intelligence and its ability to create deepfake images of others. After pictures of Taylor Swift circulated, he called for actions

SkyNTP ,

The fact that a celebrity was the line being crossed is a symptom of a major societal sickness.

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Is that revenue, or profit? Also is this specifically revenue on France or globally?

SkyNTP ,

If only. 2004 was better.

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A password manager is irrelevant for Have I Been Owned, since the site only matches emails, not passwords. Also, that site includes mega lists which mix and match data from different services as well as spam lists... Not terribly useful.

PM's and avoiding reuse are still vital despite that.

SkyNTP ,

The "here" part of the question changes the entire meaning of the question, rendering the stated answer completely off topic (cause, you know, "here" is not the only place you can earn money for food).

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Except websites that will tell you "Use a modern browser, switch to Chrome to view this page".

This sort of thing is becoming more and more pervasive. I'm genuinely worried that between this and web DRM, there will be no where to hide from corporate America ducking everyone over with their greed.

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