Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
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The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow
  • kboos1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    2 months ago

    If we can convince the ignorant masses to stop buying based on consumerism and purchase based on well informed decisions instead then we would see a shift in enshittification or at least have alternatives. But that’s very unlikely since it’s easier to conform and fall in line and accept your fate.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      2 months ago

      It also expects that people are content to actually fix things, or sew tears in clothing, or whatever, and that often requires a little research and initiative in a world where it’s been made abundantly cheap and convenient to just replace almost everything.

      I don’t think it’s necessarily ignorance so much as a combination of laziness and incredible convenience.

      A few years ago I taught myself to fix my laptop screen via Youtube and saved myself a $400 repair, but most people would just chuck it and buy a new one.

    • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Think of how much people whine about printer ink without A) looking for alternatives and B) questioning why their printer was fucking free (with rebate).

    • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I thought this for a long time. However currently I am no longer convinced. The production is so far decoupled from the consumer and often investor (or otherwise) dependant. So the consumer doesn’t really necessarily have the chance to support a good company nor do good things need to be offered.

      I short: eat the rich and reform the stock market.

      It’s long time propaganda pushing the fault to the consumer (e. G. Footprint invented. By oil companies)

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    192·
    2 months ago

    At first I thought the title said, “Let’s end Anti-Circumcision”. I was like, “why?”.

    • filcuk@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      This was on my feed right after the ‘UK considering circumcision to be abuse’ article, I got very confused for a second

  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Ironically I’ve just uninstalled the guardian app because it wouldn’t let me circumvent the number of articles I could read per month.