{"id":4,"slug":"enshittification","name":"enshittification","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:34:26.013474+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"1dc5b777-f6ba-4d7e-9c06-93db32802732","slug":"s21e06-its-not-the-economy-stupid-gaining","subject":"s21e06: It's (not) the economy stupid; gaining convenience at the expense of agency","title":"It's (not) the economy stupid; gaining convenience at the expense of agency","publish_date":"2026-04-16T22:38:56+00:00","year":2026,"month":4,"season":21,"episode":6,"episode_label":"s21e06","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s21e06-its-not-the-economy-stupid-gaining/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2794,"context":" … I’m going to repeat that this is separate from the whole <mark>enshittification</mark> thing. The <mark>enshittification</mark> thing is enclosure as a result of intentionally limp and captured consumer … ","reading_minutes":14},{"id":"c8e890d7-ed99-40ad-b622-84b7fce62795","slug":"s18e02-everything-is-better-except","subject":"s18e02: Everything is Better, Except...","title":"Everything is Better, Except...","publish_date":"2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00","year":2024,"month":3,"season":18,"episode":2,"episode_label":"s18e02","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s18e02-everything-is-better-except/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1663,"context":" … well, sure, lots of things are getting worse -- otherwise\n<mark>enshittification</mark>\nwouldn’t have hit a zeitgeist -- but are there things that are getting better? There have to be … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"0f403938-db93-4e49-a3a0-4cb3e5d8ab3e","slug":"s17e11-context-is-king-explicit-people","subject":"s17e11: Context is King; Explicit People Personality Preferences; OS Licensing, but Different","title":"Context is King; Explicit People Personality Preferences; OS Licensing, but Different","publish_date":"2024-02-14T23:32:27.147055+00:00","year":2024,"month":2,"season":17,"episode":11,"episode_label":"s17e11","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e11-context-is-king-explicit-people/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2828,"context":" … only does putting a networked computer in something drastically increase the chances of <mark>enshittification</mark>\n[5]\n, but most kitchen appliance manufacturers are terrible at making computers! It’s not … ","reading_minutes":14},{"id":"ef7e3a18-d9b2-4100-b9a5-34f718d7ab25","slug":"s17e10-alt-text-reply-management-stickers","subject":"s17e10: Alt Text; Reply Management Stickers","title":"Alt Text; Reply Management Stickers","publish_date":"2024-02-13T20:50:14.283737+00:00","year":2024,"month":2,"season":17,"episode":10,"episode_label":"s17e10","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e10-alt-text-reply-management-stickers/","is_premium":0,"word_count":727,"context":" … use open source software\nDo not reply to teach me about capitalism or <mark>enshittification</mark>. I know.\nDo not reply to tell me you don’t have this problem … ","reading_minutes":4},{"id":"410637ef-3a37-434a-8ba2-678ed59b4633","slug":"s16e11-substacks-thin-end-of-the-quora-wedge","subject":"s16e11: Substack's Thin End of the Quora Wedge","title":"Substack's Thin End of the Quora Wedge","publish_date":"2023-10-09T22:34:56.223823+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":11,"episode_label":"s16e11","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e11-substacks-thin-end-of-the-quora-wedge/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3204,"context":" … In fact, here's how I'd do it, just for shits and giggles:\n\n~~Innovation Trigger~~ Free money/zero interest rate/VC-fueled growth following the <mark>enshittification</mark> plan … ","reading_minutes":16},{"id":"cea7eabb-f56a-4922-8c2b-290e0236a2bb","slug":"s16e09-sudo-do-me-an-ethical-art-twitter","subject":"s16e09: Sudo Do Me An Ethical Art; Twitter Imploding Was Good, Actually","title":"Sudo Do Me An Ethical Art; Twitter Imploding Was Good, Actually","publish_date":"2023-10-05T18:55:54.497000+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":9,"episode_label":"s16e09","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e09-sudo-do-me-an-ethical-art-twitter/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2496,"context":" … use cheap money\n\nflood the market\n\ncentralize\n\nenshittify\n\nprofit\n\nI'd argue then that in <mark>enshittification</mark> we finally have solved answer to the ???? in the Step one, Step … ","reading_minutes":12},{"id":"4a4a26e9-9750-4b08-a3d5-574178b2e483","slug":"s16e08-free-range-organic-and-natural-the","subject":"s16e08: Free-range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise","title":"Free-range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise","publish_date":"2023-10-04T22:45:21.771766+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":8,"episode_label":"s16e08","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e08-free-range-organic-and-natural-the/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4440,"context":" … What's the natural state of software? At this point I might argue that natural software is software uncontaminated by <mark>enshittification</mark>, so by association we might also mean … ","reading_minutes":22},{"id":"ad6ac8a2-5257-441a-98ca-8b814ade5cf3","slug":"s16e05-answering-governments-should-be-on","subject":"s16e05: Answering \"Governments should be on Mastodon?\", or, A Sort of Amateur Cory Doctorow, and an ending that surprised even me","title":"Answering \"Governments should be on Mastodon?\", or, A Sort of Amateur Cory Doctorow, and an ending that surprised even me","publish_date":"2023-09-29T19:49:18.866976+00:00","year":2023,"month":9,"season":16,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s16e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e05-answering-governments-should-be-on/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3317,"context":" … Doctorow of <mark>Enshittification</mark>'s (a manner in which I hope he has been introduced at least once) latest book, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of … ","reading_minutes":17}]}