By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026The broadcasters had to struggle to adapt, which is fine. They're not charities, after all: they're in business to make money for themselves, and they're only going to give you as much value as they have to. 23/ 11423
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026Competitors fight enshittification: any time a company that you do business with takes something away from you, a competitor can win your business by giving it back. 24/ 219816
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026If Youtube doubles the number of ads they expect you to watch - "charging" a higher attentional "price" - an ad-blocking competitor can bargain back on your behalf, allowing you to counteroffer with "how about if I just don't watch *any* ads?" www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... 35/eff.orgAdblocking: How About Nah?For more than a decade, consumer rights groups (including EFF) worked with technologists and companies to try to standardize Do Not Track, a flag that browsers could send to online companies signaling... 218811
YetAnotherSteve @yaseppochi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You could say *competition* fights enshittification, but not so competitors. Competitors may exploit a rival’s enshittification, but frequently at the same time they enshittify some other feature to maintain price competitiveness. Combating enshittification is rarely their goal. 010
