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Coming back to Cory's title, he's quite right to say that VC funding of digital tech startups is not enough to cause enshittification, by itself.
In a society with strong labour movement, nuanced public regulations protecting our privacy and control over our data, and obliging interoperation between similar services (eg the EU's DMA), VCs would be forced to invest differently. Aiming to make moderate returns from startups that compete to offer better services.