What's the worst case of enshitification you've seen lately?
What's the worst case of enshitification you've seen lately?
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gestures broadly at everything
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Do product reviews count? At this point, even the idea of an authentic product review seems preposterous.
Edit: Is this more like an effect of enshitification?
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The authentic ones get deleted.
tbf it lasted over a year.
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Instagram’s AI moderation not allowing to send my comments when trying to warn others of a scam or trying to tell them to report scalpers.
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Working as intended.
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This is a minor one, but I swear that the wraps in the Old El Paso fajita kits are getting smaller and smaller. Probably worth just buying normal wraps and getting the seasoning and salsa separately.
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On the same note: taco bell in the UK.
When they first started out you'd get these large cheesy meaty beany burritos and fajitas so stuffed with ingredients that your mouth would salivate when just thinking of the name.
Now? Flatbread wrapped around some sparse ingredients, freshly microwaved.... minimum order £15.
I'm a terrible/lazy cook, but even I could do better.
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I must have missed the golden age. Taco Bell opened in my town in 2021, and I've only eaten in there a couple of times because it's dire. Small, scraggly little wraps with barely any filling (and the filling they do have is bland and crap; they don't seem to sell a single spicy item on the menu).
We're not exactly overwhelmed with Mexican restaurants, but even if I wanted a taco I still wouldn't bother.
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I can attest that the tacos in their taco kits have shrunk considerably. We're usually left with a few taco shells after mostly using a taco kit, so we'd buy another kit and a loose pack of taco seasoning for the next time around.
I didn't take a pic but last time we did this, the tacos from the new kit were 3/4 the size of the tacos from the old one. That's the last taco kit I'll ever buy from them and I was mad enough to send them a complaint.
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My own website. It worked well, but it in an effort to make it "modern" and "beautiful" I started "updating" it and now nothing works anymore.
I reverted to a backup and I'm seriously considering leaving it with the 1997-design (minus the marquee and blink tags), plus the Javascript that made it work well. Function over form!
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Sometimes less is more. Can't fault a simple, clean but functional design!
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The Trump Administration.
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It was shit to begin with.
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Western democracy
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Dunno if this counts, but once upon a time loyalty cards were a thing - buy a product, get a stamp, and get a free product on your 10th stamp. Nowadays it's all apps, and they all say they'll provide data to third parties. Consequently I haven't had a free coffee/bagel/beer or whatever since lockdown. Anyway, I'm off to yell at a cloud, ttfn
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Anyway, I’m off to yell at a cloud, ttfn
Just a heads up, but that cloud is also collecting data for 8,008,135 partners (and 1 is totally of a legit interest)
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Audible increased price for the standard tier, and then created a lower-cost tier which doesn't give monthly credit.
Microsoft Windows 11 installation keeps getting more and more invasive.
Gift shops selling items with AI-generated images (bookmarks etc)
Yep. I wouldn't mind switching to Linux but I dunno how well Minecraft Bedrock works on it (in before "uSe jAvA", I play with my son who plays it on his Switch).
It seems that folks are playing bedrock edition on Linux by emulating the Android version.
It'll be more overhead - it might need a stronger computer than Java edition, but it should work quite well.
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/minecraft-bedrock-edition-on-linux/
Windows 11 is hot garbage.