Enshittification

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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

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements from Lifetime down to just three years (petapixel.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by LuuTuyen@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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Among the most significant changes with this year’s Elements releases has little to do with new features but instead concerns the ways users purchase and own the software. While prior versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements have been lifetime licenses — the user buys the software and then owns it indefinitely — this year’s release has moved to a three-year license term.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

I wasn't aware you could still purchase a license for any of their products. As shitty as this company has been, I'm shocked they still had a "lifetime license" for anything. Fucking sad.. we used to just call this "buying software"