Why the internet is getting worse
There’s a growing sense that the internet – or at least the big sites we use all the time like Amazon, Facebook and Google – is becoming worse. Instead of seeing what’s best for us at the top of our searches, we’re seeing more and more of what makes the tech giant the most money pop to the top. Cory Doctorow calls it ‘Enshittification.’ He explains how it works.
Does it feel harder these days to find the info you need on Google?
Do the Amazon products that show up at the top of your search turn out to be poorer quality than the ones you really wanted?
Cory Doctorow calls that 'Enshittification.'
Today, he explains how the big internet companies have changed their profit-making strategy over time in ways that are making our experience of the internet worse.