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   John (papajohn@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 10:47:29 JST John

   • Cory Doctorow

   #enshittification is everywhere once you know what to look for, even apples (the fruit, not the computers). https://www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycrisp-apples-went-from-marvel-to-mediocre-8753117

   Thanks to @pluralistic for the word that captured the current moment so well.

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     John (papajohn@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 19:48:31 JST John

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     In a related note, the Spanish version of the word, #enmierdamiento, might be my favorite word ever.

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 23:09:30 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • Megan Lynch (she/her)

     @ml @papajohn

     Canonically, loose usage of "enshittification" is fine and to be encouraged.

     See: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/14/pearl-clutching/#this-toilet-has-no-central-nervous-system

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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (ml@ecoevo.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 23:09:31 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @papajohn @pluralistic I think "enshittification" is too broadly applied if it's applied to fruit breeding/growing in this case.

     Fruit breeding/growing has plenty of capitalism in it as practiced today, but I am yet unaware of the phenomenon of making something free & service excellent 'til a massive market is locked in, and then purposefully undermining that in order to monetize as much as possible.

     There are tradeoffs between taste/aroma and shelf life that are built into plant species.