YouTube disallowing adblockers, Reddit charging for API usage, Twitter blocking non-registered users. These events happen almost at the same time. Is this one of the effects of the tech bubble burst?

  • NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    36
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Jesus. It’s articles like this that make me both be thankful for Doctorow and his ability to put tech shit in terms is non-techies can understand.

    • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      1 year ago

      I find it fitting that an article on enshitification is so hard to read because of enshitification on the site.

    • hitmyspot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 year ago

      Seeing boing boing articles in my Twitter feed was one of the reasons I started using it years ago. When junk started filtering in, that’s when I stopped using it. When musk started messing with politics and using Twitter to push his views, that’s when I nuked it.