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by colesantiago 654 days ago
I agree.

I complained about this in the past.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39489594

Platform decay is a much better word and makes sense.

Even as I type this ‘enshittification’ word my device wants to autocorrect it, I don’t care if it’s purposely made for shock value, I wish ‘enshittification’ was never coined or added to any dictionary nor should be ‘word of the year’.

Again, should this word continue to permeate in the English vocabulary, people will be saying it on the radio, TV where by law swearing is not allowed to be broadcast.

All it takes is a freudian slip.

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> Platform decay is a much better word and makes sense.

But it's too narrow in scope and omits the emphasis on the process being an intentional one intended to achieve specific goals.

> people will be saying it on the radio, TV where by law swearing is not allowed to be broadcast.

Depends where you live.

"British public no longer give a fig about on-air swearing, Ofcom says"

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/03/british-public...