“The enshitternet was purpose-built for this kind of apocalyptic co-option, organized around giant corporations who will trade a habitable planet and human rights for a three percent tax cut.”
– Writer
Cory Doctorow, taking aim at Big Tech in his
PyCon US keynote. Speaking to Python developers in Pittsburgh, he outlines how tech platforms follow a predictable three-stage decay: first luring users with great products, then squeezing them to please business customers, and finally extracting value until only a “homeopathic residue” of utility remains.
