3 August

Thanks to Jason for this one. This is what Cory Doctorow calls enshittifaction, which has happened to search and is central to social media as well. It’s a bait-and-switch, you’re offered something you want to get you to use it (search, networking with friends) - that’s the bait, the LHS of the diagram below. Then the switch happens, where your data is sold to advertisers and companies. The platforms then do the same thing to the advertisers and companies too.