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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The MSPaint colouring in at the bottom so they had space to write real words is just perfect

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

nope, still not going to pay an artist

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

They didn't even know how to use the color picker tool

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Hey, wanna go to parkiquaver?”
“What?”
“Parkiquaver, the gay club with the penis in the logo, instead of an i.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I swear I just go there for the swper

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

RESRT

SWPER

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was a dildo lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Everything's a dildo if you're brave enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

looks at your car

... I'll give you $20 if you do it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

all the best foods are shaped like dicks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did they really just paint over with a totally wrong color to put their slogan on it? How fricking lazy can you be?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Since they're using slop in the first place, I'd say unimaginably lazy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What's ironic?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seeing the Waze logo next to Facebook and Instagram is a bit odd too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

they've been doing reviews for a while, just no one cares

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Judging by the faded colours, they probably cheaped out on the print as well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

My brain hurts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but that design could be an idea for a company named "Parking 95" where the G is a 9 in the same font. Just imagine Parkin95 with the 95 in red and slightly bigger than the other text.

Yes it's slop, but it's not a bad idea for an artist to take inspiration from.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the 'I' dildo is such a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of course not, but that's not what I'm saying.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I don't think you're saying much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They put Ai slop on the light box to advertise their place.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nonsense words, inconsistent font shading, kindergarten level MSpaint edit for the important text, overall garish look and lack of theming in the details.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

interesting, thanks for answering, not sure why people were downvoting my question

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Most people are irrational about AI right now, and not for the right reasons.

It'll be the end of the human race but not paying artists has zero to do with that outcome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You can tell by the way it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Omgawd so gross