Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

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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Peloton is adding a $95 activation fee for secondhand machines (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The official reason why is so that new members “receive the same high-quality onboarding experience Peloton is known for.”

Also the pride and accomplishment.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Oh you got one of our machines for cheaper than we sell it? Well, now you have to pay $95 just to use it!"

Fuck these companies.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well they could have gone the Tesla route and said you can't resell it at all. Still a dick move but it could be worse.

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tesla allows resale I thought, you just forfeit all your DLC, killing the resale value

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cybercuck is not allowed to be resold during the first year.

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh wow, they sue you for $50k if you try. What confidence in their product.