Cory Doctorow’s new book is an insightful diagnosis of how Big Tech is making every app and website worse—even if his solutions leave something to be desired.
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Old fish swims by a couple of young fish. It goes: “Heya folks, how’s the water?”
They say nothing. A minute later, one asks the other: “Dafuq’s water?”
That’s pretty much how’s it going, except we’re swimming in shit.
@pluralistic hangs out on Masto and shares his weekly posts and updates.
And he’s right. Corporations enshittified the internet.
How much ‘book’ does the word “Capitalism” need ?