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The "Enshittification" of Consumer Products (littlegreensteps.substack.com)
10 points by n2parko 118 days ago
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"My grandma's recipe calls for 5 ingredients. The store-bought version of the same thing calls for 5 ingredients, a chemistry degree, and a magnifying glass."

Great piece. The chocolate bar example is peak enshittification — they didn't raise the price of chocolate, they just quietly removed the chocolate. At this rate, by 2030 a Hershey bar will just be a brown-flavored rectangle of hope and palm oil.