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minus-squarehedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoIt’s en-shititfication because the en- prefix means (among other things) to “cause to be” So as long as they are making it worse, they are enshitifying it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months ago Enshittification is the pattern of decreasing quality observed in online services and products such as Amazon, Facebook, Google Search, Twitter, Bandcamp, Reddit, Uber, and Unity. The term was used by writer Cory Doctorow in November 2022 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
minus-squareMartin@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoJust because it’s observed in the tech industry doesn’t mean that it’s unique to it.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThus my comment that we can have shittification all on its own.
It’s en-shititfication because the en- prefix means (among other things) to “cause to be”
So as long as they are making it worse, they are enshitifying it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
Just because it’s observed in the tech industry doesn’t mean that it’s unique to it.
Thus my comment that we can have shittification all on its own.