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   Woefdram (hans@procolix.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:00:36 JST Woefdram

   • Cory Doctorow

   The Ulysses Pact: I had never heard of that, but I've lived by it for years.

   Excellent article (as usual) by @pluralistic that explains why you should never put much effort into a platform that you can't leave without a cost. Don't get locked in, don't let the Network Effect bite you in the behind.

   https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

   #UlyssesPact #NetworkEffect #Enshittification

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     Hippasus500 aka jwn2 (hippasus500@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 02:24:20 JST Hippasus500 aka jwn2

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @pluralistic @hans

     Brilliant.

     In a nutshell: “It's not outside capital that leads to enshittification, it's leverage that enshittifies a service.”

     It’s leverage that enshittifies ^anything^.

     A wrestling match is about finding leverage to defeat your opponent. Giving anyone, anything, leverage over your conscience, over your principles, opens an expressway to losing them, and everything else you value.