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Pluralistic: Google’s enshittification memos (03 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Note, 9 October 2023: Google disputes the veracity of this claim, but has declined to provide the exhibits and testimony to support its claims. Read more about this here.] When I think about how the old, good internet turned into the enshitternet, I imagine a series of small compromises, each seemingly reasonable at the time, each contributing to a cultural norm of making good things worse, and worse, and worse. Think about Unity President Marc Whitten's nonpology for his company's disastrous rug-pull, in which they declared that everyone who had paid good money to use their tool to make a game would have to keep paying, every time someone downloaded that game: The most fundamental thing that we’re trying to do is we’re building a sustainable business for Unity. And for us, that means that we do need to have a model that includes some sort of balancing change, inc

Today's links Google's enshittification memos : Truly, Big Tech can't stop telling on itself. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon : Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Google's enshittification memos ( permalink ) [Note, 9 October 2023: Google disputes the veracity of this claim , but has declined to provide the exhibits and testimony to support its claims . Read more about this here .] When I think about how the old, good internet turned into the enshitternet, I imagine a series

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