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Also, good riddance, MatPat?
No, but seriously, it's getting annoying.
This is like the 2000s all over again!
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Enshittification, probably
That's what everyone is calling it but it's basically a byproduct of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall while also being an analog for it.
You’re probably right, I just thought that was a catch all term being used for basically everything, lately.
It’s basically the same economic mechanisms producing similar results across many industries. Makes sense to use the same term
It actually has a specific meaning and is used in academic literature now. Here’s a quote from Cory Doctorow’s Wired article on the subject: