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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Komoot Acquired: History Says This Won't End Well (www.dcrainmaker.com)

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Get ready for "enhancements" and look out for alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

For alternatives, there's Wikiloc: https://www.wikiloc.com/

And perhaps GeoVelo: https://geovelo.app/en/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What would be the best alternatives? I love Komoot's maps for planning out MTB rides, and their Garmin app makes it super easy to navigate while riding.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

OSMand is no full replacement, but planning GPX tracks on some other app and then transferring that to OSMand should be a breeze. Navigation while riding/hiking/biking/driving on OSMand is pretty feature complete, but I never touched Komoot or used their Garmin app, so I can't make a good comparison.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The buyer "Bending Spoons" also bought Evernote in 2023, for those who remember that downfall.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Time to shine a light on Joplin! It's FOSS, has great support for your own cloud, powerful plugins and is just an all around fine piece of note taking software

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

+1 for joplin. I recently switched over to it and I'm a big fan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

from the article:

Evernote: Acquired in January 2023, in July 2023 Bending Spoons laid off all Evernote staff and transferred the operations to Bending Spoons HQ.

Mosaic Group: Acquired in January 2024, immediately laid off all 330 staff members, folded operations into Bending Spoons HQ.

WeTransfer: Acquired in July 2024, in September 2024 laid off 75% of all staff.

MeetUp: Acquired in January 2024, in February 2024 laid off a “significant” portion of the workforce

Brightcove: Acquired in November 2024, yesterday, March 19th, laid off 2/3rds of US employees

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