Source: Persuasion
by William A Finnegan
“We usually talk about ‘enshittification’ in terms of user experience. The slow death of platforms as they prioritize quarterly returns over anything resembling public service. Instagram throttles organic reach. Amazon feels like walking through a strip mall designed by a casino. Google Search is so bloated with ads it barely functions as search anymore. Facebook is a rage machine. TikTok is a dopamine slot machine, curated by opaque algorithms. It’s not a bug. It’s the business model. Every platform eventually follows the same arc: nobility gives way to monetization, and monetization gives way to enshittification. But the true cost of enshittification isn’t just a worse internet experience. It’s a worse society.” (05/05/25)