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Enshittification
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What is enshittification?
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
The lifecycle of Big Internet
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
Embrace, extend and extinguish
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
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What I really want is the EV equivalent of an old Jeep. No antennas of any kind, no "infotainment", no radio / music, no bluetooth support, no nothing not related to going from A to B. If I want to call somebody, I'll pull over and use a phone. If someone calls me, they can wait until I'm not driving.
There are companies that will convert old Jeeps and other vehicles to electric.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I think usually you provide them with a donor vehicle and they swap in the electric motor (something like this Wrangler example). They tend to leave the gearbox as is by the looks of it.