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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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Platformism is the same as conservativism: "in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

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#FrankWilhoit #twiddling #selectivedisruption #rippowerventures

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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Enshittification isn't synonomous with "fraud," "price gouging" or "wage theft." Enshittification is intrinsically digital, because moving all those goodies around requires the flexibility that comes with a *digital* businesses. , grocer, can't rapidly change the price of eggs at without an army of kids with pricing guns on roller-skates. Jeff Bezos, grocer, can change the price of eggs on just by a knob on the service's back-end.

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Gil Friend · @gfriend
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Does your business, or do your investments, depend in , , and other modern variations of the ? Are you sure that's a sound strategy? One that won't blow up in your face?

(Reminds me of why I had such a bad feeling when they announced we were moving to a service economy…and service promptly begin to deteriorate. Cory Doctorow once again explicates some of why and how.)

#enclosureacts #enshittification #twiddling

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