By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Cheating on a bribery scheme is a *mood*. This isn't just enshittification, it's enshittification *inception*. Amazon managed to enshittify their own enshittification! 71/ 118422
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026This case was brought by Trump's FTC, which means that Amazon can get out of it by paying a chud podcaster to tweet at the president and he'll order them to drop it, just like he did with Ticketmaster: pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/k... 72/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Trump antitrust is dead (13 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 115319
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026But - as with Ticketmaster - the feds aren't the only parties to the suit. With 22 AGs ("Aspiring Governors") on the suit, there's a chance it'll go to trial. We might even learn the identity of the inventor of this enshittification-squared gambit, a veritable Louis Pasteur of enshittification. 73/ 11608
