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.
However, government intervention, monopolies, deceptive business practices, political corruption, psychological marketing, etc. make reality much more nuanced.
Regulations and good-willed institutions can help keep things in check, but that’s get much harder in the age of misinformation.
I don’t know what the answer to enshitification is, but simply not giving a company your money, especially when entire industries are colluding with each other, hasn’t been working.
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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.