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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026Inside every company, there are fair, honest people, and there are greedy, shitty people. Companies that face competitors are more likely to listen to the workers who want to give customers a fair shake. 36/ 216913
Mike Leech @mandomike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I pay for You tube music or red ? which includes blocking you tube ads. 000
