Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it
It was always rubbish, it just became a fad for some reason, and with that they became a semi monopoly for some forms of goods.
I used Amazon once more tan 20 years ago, then I found that local dealers that actually paid taxes and respected workers rights here, they were just as cheap or very very close, and had just as fast delivery, and way better service.
Idiots and sociopaths use Amazon because they are idiots or sociopaths or both.
If you haven’t noticed the decline in quality on Amazon then that’s OK, but not an excuse for proclaiming it hasn’t happened.
I never claimed it hasn’t, how did you arrive at that conclusion???
Just because it was always rubbish doesn’t mean it can’t get worse.
But I can see I’ve been downvoted at the current time by 4 idiots or sociopaths.
It’s funny that people never know, even when they are told.
But hey that’s OK, that’s the direction the world has taken. I just wish I didn’t have to run into them all the time, but I guess by the numbers it’s unavoidable.
What happened is that it’s got worse. It wasn’t always this bad by a long shot.
The article goes into quite some detail on what has changed.
You are repeating yourself, as I wrote above, I never claimed it wasn’t, just that it was always bad.
Doesn’t make an ounce of difference, people will continue to use it, just as they always did, and Amazon will continue to fuck their workers and cheat their customers and cheat on taxes, just as they always did. The bigger and richer they get, the more they will fuck both customers employers and society. That’s the nature of a complete sociopath with no contact to reality like Jeff Bezos.
But as I stated above, that’s perfectly OK, because nobody will do anything, especially Americans where half the population actively support that shit.
Do I sound negative here? You bet I’m negative, because as I wrote earlier, I saw this shitshow 2 decades ago, but what good does it do to see evil rise, and warn against it, when nobody cares?
I bet that article contains very little I didn’t predict at least a decade ago, monopolistic abuse,declining service at increasing cost, extreme waste in the name of efficiency, environmental problems, work safety problems, horrendous working condition.
But you know the ONE thing I don’t give a shit about, is if people receive worse service, because that was the easiest prediction of all, because that’s always how it ends with near monopoly giants.
Just get over yourselves, and shop somewhere else. If you can’t get it anywhere else, you don’t need it.
I will say your original comment does imply that Amazon was the same the level of rubbish the whole time, and it was merely the perception of it improving because of it becoming a fad. With all due respect to you, I think that is the point that is getting pushback from others. (Not to mention the ad hominem about sociopaths)
I disagree. I’m old and Pepperidge farm remembers :)
Back in the day, there was “no way I’m sticking my credit card numbers into the internet.” People were MORE likely to give out credit card numbers over the phone, or write them down on a piece of paper ripped out of a magazine and mail it. Crazy, I know, but true.
Amazon was cool because it became the first big digital store. You could order all kinds of quality stuff, from the comfort of your house, CHEAPLY, and then they shipped it to your doorstep. If you joined prime - they delivered in two days. Full stop. Oh - it didn’t make it there in two days? Here’s compensation.
Let’s compare that to today:
Amazon lost its way. We ditched our decades old membership and shopping habits. We save more money, stuff gets delivered faster, we don’t worry about getting knockoff crap, and cutting Amazon out of our lives has been a total non issue. (Surprisingly - I thought it would be much more inconvenient than it’s been)
Boooo.
“More than 20 years ago”, as you put it, in 2005, Amazon did not sell much more than books, and they did not ship to Europe yet.
If you are going to lie, make it at least believable.
Is claiming to have hated Amazon before it was cool to hate Amazon the current hipster trend?
IDK, but you are right, I do hate everything Amazon and Jeff Bezos stand for. And I consider people who use their services as morons. I don’t care that I’m downvoted for being rude, people need to know that their choice of using Amazon is despised by people who actually care.