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Well there you have it: enshittification is inevitable, and it works. Therefore the "easy" solution is to lubricate the ramps away from enshittified platforms.

I do worry a bit when public stockholders (some of which are "regular" people) are the ones left holding the bag.

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> Therefore the "easy" solution is to lubricate the ramps away from enshittified platforms.

I imagined people comically trying to travel up greased ramps, and sliding back down / falling. I think lubricating those ramps is exactly what our corporate overlords do.

Stockholders have the power to stop enshittification. They can vote in a new board and get new executives who wont do it. But of course that ... almost never happens. Why? Question left as an exercise.

Thats not always an option. Many (most?) of these mega online communities are literally not sustainable without an enshittification plan, with investor dollars pouring in being the primary source of income until the music stops.

> with investor dollars pouring in being the primary source of income until the music stops.

ya see there's your problem.

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