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"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shi*ty." NSFW(ish)
Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:17 am
Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:17 am
"A Day in the Life of an Enshittificator"
This pretty much nails the state of modern consumerism. Brought to you by The Norwegian Consumer Council.
This pretty much nails the state of modern consumerism. Brought to you by The Norwegian Consumer Council.
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Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:29 am to LegendInMyMind
Scarily accurate.
What benefit is working for, and having money, when there is nothing of quality or value to buy?
What benefit is working for, and having money, when there is nothing of quality or value to buy?
Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:35 am to AndyCBR
quote:experiences will always be for sale
What benefit is working for, and having money, when there is nothing of quality or value to buy?
Posted on 3/14/26 at 11:43 am to AndyCBR
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What benefit is working for, and having money, when there is nothing of quality or value to buy?
Learn to make/do for yourself. This real problem is that people stopped investing into themselves in preference to buying shite.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:01 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:Like Amazon?
"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shi*ty."
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:05 pm to VooDude
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Like Amazon?
Yes, in fact, Cory Doctorow, the guy who coined the term “enshitification” expressly discusses Amazon as a prime example of the process.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:09 pm to Clames
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Learn to make/do for yourself. This real problem is that people stopped investing into themselves in preference to buying shite.
That's true. In addition, many products have been made needlessly complex in nature and difficult to repair in part to prevent you and me from being able to make do or fix it ourself.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:12 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
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That's true. In addition, many products have been made needlessly complex in nature and difficult to repair in part to prevent you and me from being able to make do or fix it ourself
Not only that. They’re purposely designed to break down after certain number of years/cycles so you have to buy a new one.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:22 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:31 pm to Mo Jeaux
quote:I see what you did there.
Amazon as a prime
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:32 pm to LegendInMyMind
A lot of this is anecdotal bullshite. Despite persistent claims to the contrary, houses and cars are way better than they used to be.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:37 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:48 pm to LegendInMyMind
This reminds me of “cut the cable” then just pay for 10 different streaming services haha!!
Posted on 3/14/26 at 5:48 pm to Big Scrub TX
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A lot of this is anecdotal bullshite. Despite persistent claims to the contrary, houses and cars are way better than they used to be.
I agree. In the 1970's cars broke down often and were obsolete at 100,000 miles.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:03 pm to Big Scrub TX
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A lot of this is anecdotal bullshite. Despite persistent claims to the contrary, houses and cars are way better than they used to be.
I disagree.
Yes, American 1970's shitboxes were less reliable, but also cheaper to repair, in general.
Late 90's and early 2000's vehicles? Far more reliable, and cheaper to repair, than those of today.
New house quality? You have to be joking. Some new homes use paper based sheathing for shear walls. Cement based Hardie products were too costly for trim so back to MDF based trim components.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:06 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:10 pm to Penrod
All of the things stored in all of the storage units away from houses and apartments. Thirty years ago or even twenty years ago, there were no pay storage units within twenty miles of our house. Now there are two massive ones four miles from us (in a fly speck town) and more on every road.
We never see people at them visiting their stuff, but the darned things keep expanding, so the storage unit owners have the cash flow to add more in the belief that more stuff is out there in need of storage.
We never see people at them visiting their stuff, but the darned things keep expanding, so the storage unit owners have the cash flow to add more in the belief that more stuff is out there in need of storage.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:23 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
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That's true. In addition, many products have been made needlessly complex in nature and difficult to repair in part to prevent you and me from being able to make do or fix it ourself.
My lightbulb moment was in senior design class at LSU. Professor was reviewing our project and told us flat out you need to engineer it to fail or you will get one sale.
We weren’t making money on our Senior design to begin with but his point still resonates with me today. Nothing in today’s world is actually designed to last but most of it could have been for minimum cost. Corporations will never let it happen.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:28 pm to Big Scrub TX
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A lot of this is anecdotal bullshite. Despite persistent claims to the contrary, houses and cars are way better than they used to be.
You have never remodeled a 1950s house if you think this. My trim was put together with 12 gauge nails.
True 2x4s. Etc
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:53 pm to Penrod
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In the 1970's cars broke down often and were obsolete at 100,000 miles.
So they started making them better. Then, better cars were cutting into profits because they weren't being replaced often enough, so they started making them worse again. I'm a Toyota guy and a 2026 Tundra has nowhere near the quality, reliability, and longevity of my 2006 Tundra.
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