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Stanley Nerdlinger II<p>I have 3 different brands of power tools, 3 different batteries, and 3 different battery chargers. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a></p>
Mycotropic<p>Nice!<br>New <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> today!<br>Hubspace who makes the expensive ass LED strip lighting decided to push a new app version that now requires an account, forces more advertising and adds screens for more products that you don't want. Additionally the new app breaks the links and settings to all of your existing light! I only have three but my wife has specific lighting wants and needs and now I get to guess <br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/IHateYouHubspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IHateYouHubspace</span></a></p>
Eugenus Optimus 🇺🇦<p>Vendor lock-in via apps, or "software tethering" as it's officially called by the FTC, is not a fantasy, but a present reality we already live in. Examples include:<br>🔸 Printers that disable basic USB printing unless you install the vendor’s “mobile print” app<br>🔸 Smart scales that won’t show your weight on their built-in display without pairing to the companion app<br>🔸 Wi-Fi plugs/outlets locked to on/off control via the manufacturer’s smartphone app only<br>🔸 Electric scooters or bikes that refuse to unlock or change settings without the provider’s app login<br>🔸 Digital thermometers whose readings remain hidden until you sync via their proprietary app<br>🔸 Wireless headphones that lock equalizer or firmware updates behind an app download<br><br><a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>righttorepair</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/bigtechboycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtechboycott</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iot</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://social.ujeenator.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>
Capricious Day<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> of AI is inevitable because the current cost does not reflect its reality. Even local models are the byproduct of this Potemkin tech market we find ourselves in. Businesses and individuals dependent on AI are in for a rough ride</p>
Mensch, Marina<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> called <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
Asbestos<p>"AI is going to make people live a lot longer in the near future"<br>No. No it won't make you live longer, it will just make it seem like it.<br><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/A1STEAKSAUCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A1STEAKSAUCE</span></a></p>
G. Clavier<p>Donc que faire?</p><p>"Connectez vous avec l'application France Identité Numérique". C'est quoi encore cette merde?</p><p>OH Une nouvelle application gérée par... l' <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/ANTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANTS</span></a>! En parallèle de <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/FranceConnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FranceConnect</span></a> ?Super... Bon bah je télécharge.</p><p>"Scannez le QR Code" je scanne. Ça marche pas, il faut "Créer un compte".</p><p>Comment on crée un compte? Bah avec les cartes d'identité au nouveau format pardi! Sauf que ma carte ancien format est encore valable 8 ans.</p><p>Donc pour faire une démarche à l' <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/ANTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANTS</span></a>, je dois faire refaire ma carte d'identité pour me connecter à l'application de merde parce que l'autre application de merde pense qu'il y a des lettres grecques dans mon nom qui n'en contient pas. Ah et dans les CGU de leur appli à la con ils se réservent le droit de sous-traiter nos données personnelles à leur discrétion (en restant responsables si on s'en rend compte parce que ça fuit hein).</p><p>ANTS= Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés</p><p>Et bah putain, on est pas aidés.</p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/Merdification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merdification</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryDoctorow</span></a> at his fiery best, telling us how we got to here and why and then topping it off with ways to undo all the shitty <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> malignancy to bring about a better, fairer internet (as well as a better society).</p><p>Replete with real world examples of how we’ve all been ‘captured’ by ruthless individuals and what has been done so far to address the raping of our privacy and curtailment of our choices. </p><p>If you can spare a hour to watch Cory’s address at the Python Conference on ‘enshitification’ and the solutions to it, you will come away hopeful of a better tomorrow. It might also spurr you to action when you have the opportunity to make a difference </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DigitalAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAge</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ydVmzg_SJLw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ydVmzg_SJLw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@dhobern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dhobern</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm also a victim of Microsoft's predatory approaches.<br>Commiserations.</p><p>This is a DM because the idea would be taken up in a flash and AI used to create it.</p><p>But:<br>A re-write of The Lord of the Rings with all tools, furnishings and characters attempting to monetize their presence would be fun for 10 minutes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicrosoftVictim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftVictim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsVictim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsVictim</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a></p>
Àlex Ander<p>Trying to search for something on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> and having to scroll down through all the non-related junk that I haven't asked for. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/YouTubeSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTubeSucks</span></a></p>
JF :debian: :verbike:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahdal</span></a></span> That's really annoying when you are 95% certain that <a href="https://rouge.eu.org/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> is coming, but you don't know exactly when. What do you do in the meantime? Jump ship or keep going until it dives?</p><p>I regret a bit having stayed too long on twatter (especially waiting until Melon took over). So I have cut my losses early with Komoot</p>
Stanley Nerdlinger II<p>Perhaps you meant something completely unrelated to what you just searched for, so we’ll include all these other products we sell for you to wade through too.<br>- every retail search engine</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/nerlingersjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerlingersjokes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
Colin W<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@Niall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Niall</span></a></span> there are ways around that but yeah, WTF!?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
leyrer<p>I totally missed this part of Microsoft Office <a href="https://23.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <br>- AutoSave is only available if you have an active Microsoft 365 subscription.<br>- AutoSave only applies to Microsoft 365 files stored in OneDrive<br><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-turn-on-autosave-dbd19b49-ff3a-48f5-8294-671e33a6712c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.microsoft.com/en-us/of</span><span class="invisible">fice/how-do-i-turn-on-autosave-dbd19b49-ff3a-48f5-8294-671e33a6712c</span></a></p><p>And people still pay money for this steaming pile of garbage?</p>
Brian Tatosky<p>No Adobe, there will be *no time ever* in which I will open a document in Acrobat Pro and want an AI summary rather than reading it. The entire point of opening is to read it, not your guess of what it says. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a></p>
The Boxing Kangaroo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> it will intentionally be made addictive..like so much previous tech...tech industry is just a drug pusher..<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
The Boxing Kangaroo<p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/visa-and-mastercard-artificial-intelligence-agents-explained/105274468?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/vis</span><span class="invisible">a-and-mastercard-artificial-intelligence-agents-explained/105274468?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other</span></a></p><p>Nope, nope and nope!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
Kim<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@codemonkeymike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>codemonkeymike</span></a></span> </p><p>Looks like something I need to explore. Linux Mint on older imacs was underwhelming and the sound was messed up and needed a lot of tweaking to work.</p><p>Now that <a href="https://vk5fj.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> has joined the advertising privacy invading <a href="https://vk5fj.net/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://vk5fj.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> business, how about <a href="https://vk5fj.net/tags/LibreFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreFox</span></a> or other browsers?</p>
Kit Mayfield<p>Excuse me, wtf TikTok <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bencohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bencohen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benandjerrys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benandjerrys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fuckai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckai</span></a></p>
Seán na bhFritíortha<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBS</span></a> require you to ‘make exceptions in your firewall or security software’ to successfully stream their On Demand service, but provide no details of the trackers you need to allow if you have something like a pi-hole. On further enquiry it turns out they can’t even tell you what the trackers are because they are ‘dynamic’. How can a public broadcaster not even know where they’re sending your data?<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
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