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> Turning users into cattle, draining every last byte, every last cent. Yeah, it sounds dramatic, but look around—we’ve already lost so much.

This is nothing else than enshittification: https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/

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Why is this comment so controversial, receiving many upvotes and then downvotes? Isn't enshittification an accepted and known thing?

It's accepted and known, but in an economy where most megacorps make their money via enshittification, the well-paid engineers who get paid to shovel the aforementioned shit down our throats don't like being reminded of their essential role.

Even the most seasoned HN user often forgets that it's just the discussion forum of an enshittification company.

I'm not convinced yet that it's such a company.

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