Is there a name for the method of enshittification where they take away things you used to take for granted and try to sell them back to you?
It's bad even from the perspective of the system because even though they're growing GDP they aren't actually creating any new tangible value.
The airlines call it “unbundling”
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.