cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64497109
Source: https://eupolicy.social/@finnmyrstad/116141082378515849
❓️Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!
➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)
Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.
More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.
More here: www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree
Enjoy this short film!
That’s why FOSS is like the only real way to avoid enshittification. There is less of a profit incentive. And if the original team or project sells out forks are always an option. Sadly even with traditional hardware item or household machines things are created in a way were they break after a few years once they’re out of warranty so you have replacement. On that note there’s a stream of a light bulb that’s more than a hundred years old and still continuously running