As large platforms emerged — whether they were for search, social, or e-commerce — the deal was that they would make our digital lives easier and, in exchange, we would give them our data, attention, and, increasingly, actual money.
June 15, 2023
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March 2025
Taste seems to be out of fashion in general.
December 2024
A nice companion piece to the "modernity is stupid" article I bookmarked before.
the Internet’s business model is betrayal. Every mature social media platform has betrayed us. Every big search engine has betrayed us.
Yes. And double yes:
And don’t tell me about enshittification, that is a thought-terminating cliche that does not actually perform useful or interesting analysis and is little more than the new “just use linux” of annoying Fediverse reply guys.
May 2024
I love this headline so much.
February 2024
Do I need to learn how to short stocks?
Money ruins everything
December 2023
I haven't laughed so hard in weeks
November 2023
I might still be blocking ads, to be honest.
It's a bit sad but yes. Sure, there's Mastodon but even there it doesn't just feel the same.
September 2023
"Grift shift" is a lovely term
Honestly: yes. I just feel bad for people who haven't found their group chats, yet.
The headline is more a question than an answer but his analysis is spot on.
August 2023
Sounds like a good explanation and roughly how I understand the expression, too.
What.
July 2023
Huh.
I don't even know what to say anymore
Most sane people don’t enjoy seeing a bunch of random bursts of text from strangers one after the other, but those that do really really love it.
June 2023
Christ, what an asshole.
Christ, what an asshole.