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[-] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's because they're a privately owned company.

The pressure for enshitification mostly comes from shareholders. Without them, the company can actually think about their long term future and decide exactly when and when not to increase profit.

I tend to avoid proprietary things whenever possible these days, but I found most things by small, privately owned companies are pretty good towards their users.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I would be so proud to be the dude who first said “enshitification” right now.

It’s probably my favorite new word I’ve ever heard in my life and seeing it widely used brings a smile to my face.

I’ve got a cousin who is probably claiming he invented it at this very moment.

[-] swnt@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

It has been used so much recently that there is even a wikitionar entry for it - with a link to its original creation!

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshittification

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh hey, it actually was my cousin. Cory is always claiming he coined every cool word or phrase so haha, funny he actually did for a change. He actually claimed he popularized “epic” and “uber” in the 2000s. I mean, I know people pay attention to him but in all honesty he’s always kind of tooted his own horn wherever possible.

I’m sorry. I made all of that up. I guess my actual cousin and I aren’t that different, only he’d never say he made it up. He’d say it was a fact until he takes his last breath haha.

Hope everything is going well for you bud.

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