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MPG<a href="https://grumble.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> alert: A couple of years ago we purchased a <a href="https://grumble.social/tags/SleepNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SleepNumber</a> bed, and laughed at the dystopian tracking service their app offered, but could at least be opted out of. We were fine ignoring the red "Bed is not collecting data" banner at the bottom of the app whenever we needed to adjust our mattress's firmness. This is now gone. You can use an extremely hobbled version of the app that doesn't even remember what side of the bed you sleep on if you don't agree to this new TOS. 1/3

MikeyWe were prepping a Jennie-O frozen turkey breast and found a ‘gravy starter’ tucked inside. Reviewing the many ingredients, we decided it wasn’t anything we’d use; nothing is easier than making gravy (drippings+corn starch+water=voila!). What ticks me off is that it added weight to the package so we paid extra $ for something we didn’t ask for or want. Guess we'll have to pay closer attention to the labels going forward. <a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rant</a> <a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cooking</a> <a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@voxel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thenewoil</a> personally, I refuse to buy any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phone</a> that doesn't have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toolfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toolfree</a> swappable & removeable batteries as a matter of principle.<ul><li>Same with real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DualSIM</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeadphoneJack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadphoneJack</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicroSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroSD</a>... </li></ul>I just don't accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>!

D. G. MarshallAnd now my browser (Duck Duck Go) is opening half-screen.I didn't ask for this. I don't want this. And I can't find out how to fix this.Half of the online solutions say "Go to the Settings by clicking on the three dots on the top right of your screen..."It won't display the top right of the screen and the three little dots.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComputersMakeOurLivesEasier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputersMakeOurLivesEasier</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicPluralistic: Big Tech and “captive audience venues“Enshittification is what you get when tech companies, run by the common-or-garden mediocre sociopaths who end up at the top of most businesses, are unshackled from any consequence for indulging their worst, greediest impulses”<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Pluralistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pluralistic</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/sociopaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sociopaths</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#x</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitter</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/28/street-pricing/#sportball-analogies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/28/street-pricing/#sportball-analogies</a>

Sam Livingston-GrayI can't believe I have to ask this, but: is there a decent app for iOS that plays music I own without requiring an internet connection? <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Erik L. Midtsveen 🚩🏴I've reached this point where I know Big Tech is useless unless I can free it from corporate greed with Linux and GrapheneOS.Big Tech is like digital colonialism, siphoning creativity and exploiting consumers for profit while deepening inequality. These corporations treat individuals as mere resources in their relentless pursuit of profit.Platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and all those other platforms are just tools for Big Tech to exploit us. They're trash.When will you stand up against their exploitation? Look at the harm they cause!<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrapheneOS</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BeReal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeReal</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Twitch</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Snapchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Snapchat</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discord</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Pinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pinterest</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Telegram</a>

Donald Clark<a href="https://metalhead.club/@sharan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sharan</a> yeah. I made the switch to cronos - yes, PRC, but so far slower trajectory towards <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Harry Sintonen<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> is removing the possibility to use a local account with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a>. <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/28/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5516-dev-channel/</a>"We’re removing the bypassnro.cmd script from the build to enhance security and user experience of Windows 11."Oh, okay, but how does it improve security or user experience?"This change ensures that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account."Ah, so it does not improve security or user experience. It in fact is making the user experience worse, as you no longer can set up Windows offline easily.The only reason is to force more users to sign up to Microsoft account.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Arnel Šarić Sharan :verified:Garmin announced Connect+, paid tier of their app.Please, no.<a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Garmin</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/garminconnectplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garminconnectplus</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Running</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>

Tobias ZeumerAuf weia, gestern schon auf ein Forum gestoßen, wo ich mich über die wiederholend dusseligen Antworten im Thread gewundert habe, bis ich merkte, dass das nen Bot war. Jetzt wieder so ein Forum, wo die erste Antwort kompletter Müll ist. Wer fragt in nem Forum, wenn Bot-Qualität gewollt wäre...<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Tim W RESISTSWhy is it that every iteration of basically every app becomes worse and worse? Sigh.<a href="https://union.place/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

Chris SimpsonImagine if a product's user messages were honest...."This release, that you will eventually have no choice but to install, contains a shiny looking new thing that you certainly won't use but is designed to distract you from the removal of two rather popular interoperability features. The new install size is still much larger because we fired the lead developer who was standing in the way of us bloating the code with humongous and brittle third party libraries""We messed up (again!) and the software we supplied for you has a pretty crazy security vulnerability that puts your personal data at rush. This is due to its unnecessary over-complexity and our desperate need to rush things to market as quickly as possible""Congratulations on being part of our success. We now enjoy a large enough market share to begin "the squeeze". Customers looking to postpone (temporarily) the imminent and continuing service deterioration are requested to join our premium tier"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

Bradley Frank<a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a>Self-hosting brings that feeling back. Solid software, built by real humans, tended to like a garden, engages with the community. What a breath of fresh air when I compare it to a lot of the websites and apps that are complete slop, tweaked for SEO, tweaked to encourage monitization, etc etc basically the <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> of the web.

TacTacGarmin met fin à l’ère du tout gratuit pour son application sportive - Les Numériques <a href="https://www.lesnumeriques.com/montre-connectee/garmin-met-fin-a-l-ere-du-tout-gratuit-pour-son-application-sportive-n234845.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lesnumeriques.com/montre-connectee/garmin-met-fin-a-l-ere-du-tout-gratuit-pour-son-application-sportive-n234845.html</a>La merdification de Garmin Connect est en route 🫣 Tous les marqueurs sont là : ajout d'IA, badges exclusifs pour favoriser les abonnés, ... <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garmin</a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

ZombieRasputinCrap. Got a Garmin bike computer for Christmas and now they look to be going full <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> . Sigh. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Garmin</a>

Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️Sigh. Now even <a href="https://fedi.kcore.org/tags/garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garmin</a> has entered the <a href="https://fedi.kcore.org/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> race with their "AI" addon.I hope it remains an addon, that everything we have now stays free.

fasel<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Servicetoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Servicetoot</a> Deaktivieren der KI-Übersicht bei der Googlesuche:entweder 'fuck' oder besser noch '&udm=14' als URL-Parameter hinzufügen (weil sich damit die Suchergebnisse nicht verfälschen).Einfach eine eigene Suchmaschine definieren mit dem Suchstring: google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14<a href="https://t3n.de/news/schimpf-dich-frei-die-%C3%BCeberraschende-loesung-gegen-googles-ki-zusammenfassungen-1671024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://t3n.de/news/schimpf-dich-frei-die-%C3%BCeberraschende-loesung-gegen-googles-ki-zusammenfassungen-1671024/</a><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>

KattiWhat a time to be alive. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ki</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aldi</a>

Klaudia (aka jinxx)<a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@heiseonline</a> Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/publishingwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishingwide</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Selfpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Selfpublishing</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/ChokepointCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChokepointCapitalism</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

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