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Can Cory Doctorow's 'Enshittification' Transform the Tech Industry Debate?
Wednesday October 8, 2025. 05:30 AM , from Slashdot
![]() Since then, the meaning has expanded to encompass a general vibe -- a feeling far greater than frustration at Facebook, which long ago ceased being a good way to connect with friends, or Google, whose search is now baggy with SEO spam. Of late, the idea has been employed to describe everything from video games to television to American democracy itself. 'It's frustrating. It's demoralizing. It's even terrifying,' Doctorow said in a 2024 speech. On Tuesday, Farrar Straus & Giroux will release 'Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It,' Doctorow's book-length elaboration on his essays, complete with case studies (Uber, Twitter, Photoshop) and his prescriptions for change, which revolve around breaking up big tech companies and regulating them more robustly. Further reading: The Enshittification Hall of Shame Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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