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Google fucked a whole generation with Chromebooks, and now they're fucking the next generation with AI
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Enshittification
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What is enshittification?
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
The lifecycle of Big Internet
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
Embrace, extend and extinguish
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
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I think it's a bit harsh to lay all the blame on google, considering the iPad exists.
Same shit different bucket.
It is more basic than that:
"It just works" is terrible for developing computer skills.
It is damned convenient for the most part, but it removes the opportunity to have an issue and solve it, developing your troubleshooting skills.
Then we come to the lack of verbosity of modern operating systems and programs.
"Oops, there is an issue, please wait while we solve it..." is an absolutely terrible error message.
"Error 0x001147283b - Fatal error" is a far better error message.
Until you search that error code and it doesn't tell you anything useful.
Then you ask on a forum and others can help you easier