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(lemmy.world)
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
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
The key difference is that you don't have to be subscribed to all of those services at the same time. You can rotate through them.
Watch what you want on Netflix, unsub > sub to Disney and watch what you want, unsub > ....
Sure in an ideal world it would be better if everything was on a single cheap service, but sadly that won't happen.
I think soon it will be yearly contracts or cancelation fees.
Crave already does an annual fee. IIRC it's one-time and about $100.