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:Enshittification per Cory Doctorow is a higher-level pattern that ''composes'' these practices into a pattern of major development stages of a whole bunch of different services (lock-in end-users, exploit end-users for the benefit of business customers, exploit business customers for the benefit of the platform — platform becomes a pile of shit, hence enshittification). | :Enshittification per Cory Doctorow is a higher-level pattern that ''composes'' these practices into a pattern of major development stages of a whole bunch of different services (lock-in end-users, exploit end-users for the benefit of business customers, exploit business customers for the benefit of the platform — platform becomes a pile of shit, hence enshittification). | ||
:And while I distinctly remember him approving broader use of the term for cases that don't strictly fit that pattern but fit the "sense" of the word about technology getting worse — this is the page about the word and its definition. Sticking to the canonical interpretation makes sense to me. Especially when this wiki has (or can/should have) pages on more specific issues where only they apply. [[User:D-side|D-side]] ([[User talk:D-side|talk]]) 13:13, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | :And while I distinctly remember him approving broader use of the term for cases that don't strictly fit that pattern but fit the "sense" of the word about technology getting worse — this is the page about the word and its definition. Sticking to the canonical interpretation makes sense to me. Especially when this wiki has (or can/should have) pages on more specific issues where only they apply. [[User:D-side|D-side]] ([[User talk:D-side|talk]]) 13:13, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | ||
::Thanks. Agree. [[User:CrookKilla|CrookKilla]] ([[User talk:CrookKilla|talk]]) 03:33, 4 March 2026 (UTC) | |||