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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026

And of course, apps are *the worst*. An app is just a website skinned in the right kind of IP to make it a crime to improve it in any way: pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/t... 45/

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Pluralistic: The disenshittified internet starts with loyal “user agents” (07 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026

And even if you *do* customize your mobile browser (Android Firefox lets you do some of this stuff), many apps (Twitter, Tumblr) open external links in their own browser (usually an in-app Chrome instance) with all the bullshit that entails. 46/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026

The promise of locked-down platforms was they'd "just work," without any of the confusing customization options of desktop OSes. Turns out, taking away "confusing customization options" was an invitation to every enshittifier to turn the web into an unreadable, extractive, nagging mess. 47/

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Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) – Cory Doctorow's MEMEX

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