There’s an article going around but it’s mostly useless because it’s insufficiently naming specific examples.

YouTube = unskipable ads YouTube = ads longer than the content YouTube = ads during pause YouTube = constantly decreasing revenue share with creators despite more ads

  • Redacted@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    At this point it’s easier to list things that aren’t being “enshittified”.

    The easiest ways for a corporation to increase profits in the short term is to increase prices, cut staff, reduce quality control, sell ad space or a combination of those. All of these result in inferior products.

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      23 hours ago

      The problem with that is the list becomes outdated as more and more companies embrace the process. Specific examples are what we need.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        22 hours ago

        It isn’t really a choice, so much as it is a necessity within Capitalism as competition forces Rates of Profit down ovrr time. Putting individual companies on blast for it won’t fix the problem itself.