platformdecay

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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115972220572752930 @pluralistic

#enshittification #PlatformDecay

Two frames from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. In the first, a Royal Navy officer says to the film's protagonist pirate Jack Sparrow:

"Enshittification is the worst name for platform decay I have ever heard."

Jack Sparrow replies:

"But you have heard of it."

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April Fools, but this may become reality soon enough. Keep fighting, and keep on introducing your friends to open-source tech 🦾

#aprilFools #openSource #ageVerification #platformDecay

A Windows do-you-want-to-let-this-app-make-changes-to-your-computer dialog, but this time, it's requiring an ID check to run Terminal as administrator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLuwe5tAue8

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A worthy read on the frightening direction that supposed "copyright" law is taking us in.

https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-war-on-general-purpose-computing/

#platformDecay #centralization

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