Enshittification: A modern term coined by author Cory Doctorow to describe how digital platforms and big businesses deliberately make their products and services worse over time to maximize profits.
When my brother first said it I thought he was kidding me. Could have been used for a while but it is the first I heard of it.
Living the Dream
September 04, 2026, 03:20 PM
RogueJSK
It's a term (and a trend) that has been around for a while now. I first encountered it a couple decades back.
September 04, 2026, 03:28 PM
rtquig
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Originally posted by RogueJSK: It's a term (and a trend) that has been around for a while now. I first encountered it a couple decades back.
Boy oh boy, I'm way behind on the times.
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September 04, 2026, 03:30 PM
DrDan
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Originally posted by rtquig:
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Originally posted by RogueJSK: It's a term (and a trend) that has been around for a while now. I first encountered it a couple decades back.
Boy oh boy, I'm way behind on the times.
I had never heard of it before you posted, so you are not alone.
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September 04, 2026, 03:37 PM
6guns
^^^ Me neither.
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September 04, 2026, 04:17 PM
Warhorse
Well now...isn't that the shits!
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September 04, 2026, 04:38 PM
1967Goat
I work in I.T. and I've been using it more and more. I first heard of it about 6 months ago.
September 04, 2026, 04:46 PM
V-Tail
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Originally posted by DrDan:
quote:
Originally posted by rtquig:
Boy oh boy, I'm way behind on the times.
I had never heard of it before you posted, so you are not alone.
I too, have been living under a rock. Just today, I learned about the eggplant emoji.
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September 05, 2026, 12:43 AM
FenderBender
Its a new and improved word for an old and awful practice.
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September 05, 2026, 01:03 AM
wishfull thinker
I had not heard the term either but it fills a descriptive void for half the world we live in.
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September 05, 2026, 01:40 AM
12131
Shit! Never heard of it, either.
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September 05, 2026, 02:39 AM
whanson_wi
It's the Peter Principle as applied to systems rather than individuals.
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September 05, 2026, 11:46 AM
architect
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Originally posted by V-Tail: Just today, I learned about the eggplant emoji.
[sarcasm]Nice of you to clue the rest of us in.[/sarcasm]
BTW, "enshitification" has been around a long time, at least 20 years in the tech community. It originally meant something more like software rot rather than intentionally facilitating product decay. But it seems to have been eagerly adopted (the strategy, not the term) to encourage sales of newer "improved" products.
September 05, 2026, 12:22 PM
V-Tail
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Originally posted by architect:
[sarcasm]Nice of you to clue the rest of us in.[/sarcasm]
I did not intend to clue anybody in. In keeping with the theme of this thread, things that I had not heard of, I mentioned that I might have been living under a rock, never having heard about the emoji I referred to.
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September 05, 2026, 12:43 PM
P220 Smudge
A humorous explanation of the concept here:
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September 05, 2026, 01:06 PM
P250UA5
I think I've seen it used on this forum, in the not too distant past
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September 06, 2026, 04:42 PM
Lunasee
I haven't heard that one. I have heard of Engineered Obsolescence.
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