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YouTube before vs. after massive corporate, profit-driven enshittification
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this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
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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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After they abolished the 5 star rating, things only went downhill. The newest bullshit are these "Posts". I had to unfollow some interesting accounts because they started to post images on YouTube which plastered my home feed. I don't want a TikTok clone, and I don't need social media bullshit, I just want a decent video hoster.
Edit: I just saw that revanced has a setting to hide Posts!
Posts in general are fine if they are used responsibly. Like asking which build to play next for an ARPG gaming channel.
I unfollowed a channel that started posting fucking Raid Shadow Legends ads in their community posts tho. Kinda sucked, I liked that channel but I don't condone that behavior. I realize that my unfollow did not change anything, but it's a matter of principle.