Enshittification: why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it
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New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
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"We are all living through the Enshittocene - the Great Enshittening - a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demoralizing. Even terrifying. The once-glorious internet has degenerated into 'platforms' that rose to dominance because they delivered convenient and delightful services efficiently and reliably. But once we were locked in to those services, the tech bosses turned on us, relying on dependency to keep us using the services even as they got worse and worse. The platform bosses did the same to the companies that had flocked to their services to sell stuff to us. Once we were all locked in - businesses and users - the tech companies stripped out all utility, save the bare minimum needed to stave off collapse. In Enshittification, Cory Doctorow shows us where it comes from: not the iron laws of economics, or the great forces of history, but specific policy choices made by powerful people who ignored every warning about the consequences of those choices. These are choices that can be undone. Enshittification is a Big Tech disassembly manual, a road map for the seizure of the means of computation. It is a diagnosis, and it is a cure"--
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Amazon.com (Firm)
Apple Computer, Inc.
Computers and civilization.
Electronic data processing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic data processing -- Social aspects.
Facebook (Firm)
Google (Firm)
Human-computer interaction.
Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Online manipulation.
Twitter (Firm)
Uber (Firm)
Apple Computer, Inc.
Computers and civilization.
Electronic data processing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic data processing -- Social aspects.
Facebook (Firm)
Google (Firm)
Human-computer interaction.
Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Online manipulation.
Twitter (Firm)
Uber (Firm)
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780374619329, 0374619328
Notes
Description
"We are all living through the Enshittocene - the Great Enshittening - a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demoralizing. Even terrifying. The once-glorious internet has degenerated into 'platforms' that rose to dominance because they delivered convenient and delightful services efficiently and reliably. But once we were locked in to those services, the tech bosses turned on us, relying on dependency to keep us using the services even as they got worse and worse. The platform bosses did the same to the companies that had flocked to their services to sell stuff to us. Once we were all locked in - businesses and users - the tech companies stripped out all utility, save the bare minimum needed to stave off collapse. In Enshittification, Cory Doctorow shows us where it comes from: not the iron laws of economics, or the great forces of history, but specific policy choices made by powerful people who ignored every warning about the consequences of those choices. These are choices that can be undone. Enshittification is a Big Tech disassembly manual, a road map for the seizure of the means of computation. It is a diagnosis, and it is a cure"--,Dust jacket flap.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Doctorow, C. (2025). Enshittification: why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it. First edition. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Doctorow, Cory. 2025. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Doctorow, Cory, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Doctorow, Cory. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. First edition. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
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