What are some good examples of consumer platforms that have avoided the enshittening? Companies w subscription models are pretty good about avoiding this but it seems like being ad supported really corrupts the process.
To me, YouTube is the only one that's really done a good job but I only go there for select videos so I'm not a huge user. Any other ones people can think of?
And any common characteristics between them?
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#2> YouTube is the only one that's really done a good job
Youtube's only done a good job is you use yt-dlp to download the videos. Watching on youtube the video gets interrupted multiple times for "commerical breaks".
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#3Can you define "enshittening"? I've never heard of that before
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#4Linux and Emacs come to mind.
I’ve been using Gaia gps for what feels like forever without it becoming shit.
I hate to say it, but Gmail has been solid since 2007.
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#5Can you define "enshittening"? I've never heard of that before
Coined by Cory Doctorow - https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
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#6> YouTube is the only one that's really done a good job Youtube's only done a good job is you use yt-dlp to download the videos. Watching on youtube the video gets interrupted multiple times for "commerical breaks".
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#7iphone, android?
Linux? stretching "consumer" platform a little here.
Costco?
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#8Bookshop.org
Bandcamp.com
Re: Ask HN: Platforms That Avoid the Enshittening?
#9Can you define "enshittening"? I've never heard of that before
Coined by Cory Doctorow - https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
or for anybody who does not wanna bother visiting that:
> they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
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#10> YouTube is the only one that's really done a good job Youtube's only done a good job is you use yt-dlp to download the videos. Watching on youtube the video gets interrupted multiple times for "commerical breaks".
Ublock origin. Haven't seen an ad in 10 years.