@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • edit-221 days agoWith enshitification closing in on all aspects of the internet has the american tech industry ensured the internet will never evolve past where it is now?message-square45fedilinkarrow-up1180
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•21 days agoI feel like smartphones have just made people “internet lazy” - myself included. The masses just want to get an app and let it accomplish whatever you need, without worrying about any kind of enshitification as long as it’s free.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•20 days agoI hate apps and refuse to use them in almost all cases, unless they’re FOSS or collect little to no data.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•21 days ago“free” Younger people I talk to have absolutely normalized “I saw this on Instagram!” As a way of shopping.
I feel like smartphones have just made people “internet lazy” - myself included. The masses just want to get an app and let it accomplish whatever you need, without worrying about any kind of enshitification as long as it’s free.
But you’re here, so that’s a good sign.
I hate apps and refuse to use them in almost all cases, unless they’re FOSS or collect little to no data.
“free”
Younger people I talk to have absolutely normalized “I saw this on Instagram!” As a way of shopping.
There’s an app for that!