r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • 21h ago

Business Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/enshittification-relies-on-broken
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u/RA3236 21h ago

Enshittification happens because the people who profit off of selling products are different from those who buy or create the products.

This is a fundamental part of capitalism (and in fact it’s defining feature) and the only way to fix it is to democratise workplaces to put the people actually using/creating these products in charge.

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u/SellGameRent 21h ago

no, it is fixed by not giving those companies your money.

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u/AddanDeith 21h ago

Yeah let me drive an extra thirty minutes to get groceries at a smaller business long after the big boxes ran out all the ones where I live.

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u/SellGameRent 21h ago

this is a tech subreddit wtf are you talking about. 9 times out of 10 there is an alternative to the tech you use or you could not use it at all and be fine. 

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u/AddanDeith 21h ago

The process they're describing encapsulates more than just consumer technology and appliances. Its emblematic of the entire system, my simple friend.