The internet keeps getting worse. Let's talk about why.

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Why do major online platforms keep getting worse? Cory Doctorow's work helps us understand the pattern of growth, decline, and eventual demise.

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→ Read (and listen) to more from Cory Doctorow
"Tiktok's enshittification": https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It: https://youtu.be/_Ai-fC-2Bpo?si=hDEY5ZSRSPdVDZja
An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification: https://youtu.be/rimtaSgGz_4?si=Jk6-52w7E6XRySG3

→ Timestamps
00:00 Beginning
00:51 How Platforms Die
08:29 The Death of a Platform (From the Inside)
12:14 Ads, Everywhere
14:47 Yes, I Make Money from Ads
16:32 Bots
22:04 The Internet We Need