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@vaurora @phire Going by the tone of the article, I would argue that all the apps they feel are necessary aren't actually enhancing that person's life.

Many people still feel like they did in the 2010s, that incorporating an app/service into their life is an act of personal agency and freedom so they habituate to using more and more. But they are learning its actually the opposite of freedom.

In this case, the extent of the damage appears to be that no one is stepping in to offer a clean migration path to a different server. And there is no big-bucks foundation offering to maintain a stable fork.

Rejecting the idea of enshittification, though... that sounds like rejecting a radical perspective. The term appears to the author to stop the conversation, when its really recognizing the underlying societal malady. (And how is calling it "modernity" any better?) If you don't want to talk about SV oligarchy and such, and want technical solutions instead then the conversation is about finding a data store that never goes away (maybe something Velid is what you need).