The enshittification of things (and a list of private equity-owned companies) – Crystal Lee
I recently discovered the delightful website Worse on Purpose, which is a database of brands and investigations about the enshittification of things, which g...
The enshittification of things (and a list of private equity-owned companies) – Crystal Lee The enshittification of things (and a list of private equity-owned companies) 07 Jul, 2026 I recently discovered the delightful website Worse on Purpose , which is a database of brands and investigations about the enshittification of things, which generally boils down to this: make a great product, get customers to use the great product, then make things worse on purpose to extract every last dime from them. "Worse on purpose" has many faces: planned obsolescence, absurd subscriptions on auto-renew (e.g
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