cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/52816
Enshittification is about increasing monetisation of a previously free/cheap product.
Adobe moving from a lifetime purchase to a subscription service: enshittification.
Adobe not supporting old GPUs: not enshittification.
Twitter locking rate limits behind subscription: enshittification.
Twitter rebranding to X: not enshittification.
Raspberry Pi prioritising business customers making SKUs rare and enabling scalpers: enshittification.
Raspberry Pi moving to a new version of Debian making many tutorials outdated: not enshittification
Ensittificstion is the process of a platform good for users becoming good for business customers, becoming good for investors/shareholders.
Whilst it is a cool phrase, and an interesting observation, enshittification doesn’t apply to everything that has a core change.
Enshittification would be mandatory ads in-game, some sort of P2W mechanic.
Requiring better hardware is not enshittification.
Ok.
CS:GO, a game released in 2012? Runs well on a 2016 laptop.
CS2, a game released in 2023 can run well on a 2027 laptop.
I don’t think that’s the argument you want to make?
And I still don’t think it’s enshittification.
