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minus-squarehedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s en-shititfication because the en- prefix means (among other things) to “cause to be” So as long as they are making it worse, they are enshitifying it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago Enshittification is the pattern of decreasing quality observed in online services and products such as Amazon, Facebook, Google Search, Twitter, Bandcamp, Reddit, Uber, and Unity. The term was used by writer Cory Doctorow in November 2022 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
It’s en-shititfication because the en- prefix means (among other things) to “cause to be”
So as long as they are making it worse, they are enshitifying it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification