Absolutely incredible introduction on why #enshittification by @pluralistic . Simply put, I'm going to and to recite this every time people talk why things keep getting worse in tech.

https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/cory-doctorow

Pewdiepie's message in his latest video is excellent: we don't have to deal with Big Tech's bullshit and Linux and open source is fun and awesome. With his massive audience I'm hopeful that this might become a pivotal moment in the desktop Linux adaptation in the mainstream, especially in the gaming community.

https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0?si=QL9WDC5nMSr8r6bW

Why is it that every week YouTube via chromecast get worse?

Every week it has new stupid bugs.

For the last few weeks when I open a video on my phone and cast it to the TV it opens on the TV paused.

Tonight it won’t let me rewind a video.

Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge Copilot venture flatlines in popularity

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsofts-huge-venture-flatlines/

Hi followers, help wanted.
I hear fosstodon.org is not a great place to be anymore. And other communities want to defederate from it.
I had no idea what was going on, but I don’t think I want to be here anymore.
Where should I move? I am from #Denmark, and it could for example be a Danish community. I am also into software development (not a brogrammer), generally interested in combating #climatechange and other #collapse aspects as well as tech #enshittification, and quite skeptical of #AI.

You know, Netflix introducing affordable, functional legal streaming pulled me off of pirating - and now #enshittification is sending me right back...

The old "protecting customers from themselves" chestnut never dies... Synology, welcome to my vendor blacklist. It's a small club and now you're in it. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/synology-confirms-need-for-synology-branded-drives-in-newer-plus-series-nas/ #synology #enshittification

Bosch had a nice feature in its ebike app (Flow): you could lock your bike motor so that it wouldn't start if the display was not in place. The display would then work as a sort of key to your ebike.

I used this feature and loved it.

With the latest update I don't have it anymore. Bosch now says in order to unlock it I need to install an extra module on my bike (around 150 €).

Enshittification is definitely not limited to the tech sector. I'm pissed.

What the hell has happened to Rizt crackers?!
They used to be golden, crunchy and yummy but the latest box I bought are insipid, bland and tasteless (due largely to the complete lack of salt), and they're smaller! Yet they have the temerity to print "The Original Cracker" on the box.
Will never buy again.
#Ritz #crackers #food #enshittification

Wow! A brand new release from my favorite author!!!! #enshittification

Arresting a judge was just a matter of time.

Either bad things will happen to the few, or very bad things to the many.

In what can only be described as a "dick move" and a "money grab", #Synology arbitrarily locks down features to "Synology" branded drives. The drives are perfectly normal drives from common drive vendors with custom firmware that acts as DRM system.

ref: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds

Google’s AI search results will gladly tell you that Gloomhaven is available for iOS and published in the App Store, and even go into details about the features of the game.

This is, as far as I can tell, a lie.

#Google is so deep in #enshittification that I begin to believe in pure intent.

#Searching for a special moss, they give me links for the US Marine Corps, AI-generated ugliest wallpaper, and vegan fast food shops. Nothing contains moss.
But it's not only Google! #Ecosia is more on the vegan-esoteric beauty side while #Qwant throws military weapons. No moss either.

The intent? Making people stupid. Then you can better fill them up with #propaganda and #FakeNews. We need #knowledge attacks!

With #Discord gradually moving along the #enshittification path - https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/discord-confirms-its-moving-toward-becoming-a-public-company-as-it-hires-a-former-activision-executive-as-its-new-ceo/ - I'm paying more attention to the alternatives.

So a question for the Fedimind: do folks have recommended #Matrix hosts for communities of various sizes? I’m in everything from small 50-person personal Discord servers to 5000-person open-community ones. What's out there with good service and reasonable prices for personal use?

(And are there better alternatives than Matrix?)

If you don't like #AI don't use it.
It's as simple as that.
If a product implements AI and you don't like it, don't use the product.

People bitching non stop about it are becoming the #enshittification themselves.

You don't have to use AI karens.

I don't like mushrooms so I don't eat them. Yes, some places put them on pizza, so I don't buy that pizza.
I don't go to mushroom farms and complain they grow mushrooms and get on facebook and bitch non stop about them.

Choice, use it.