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Libraries still exist for now. Take advantage of them and maybe they won’t all get shut down.

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library books are still physical books that sometimes have ads in them to supplement thecost of printing. they don’t get conjured up by librarian mages.

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insert gif here

Be a lot cooler if they did

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Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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