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LearnedHand

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7. It's not from Britain

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:23 PM

Dec 12

Cory Doctorow, a naturalized American, invented the concept and the term. It describes the "platform decay" process, but it definitely fits what's ahead of this country.

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The coming enshittification of America. [View all] Baitball Blogger Dec 12 OP

Boss Man likes it. usonian Dec 12 #1

Anyone listen to Scott Galloway? Happy Hoosier Dec 12 #2

I hope I talked friends out of moving to Portugal last night. Baitball Blogger Dec 12 #3

I mainly fear wrecking the Federal Government. Happy Hoosier Dec 12 #4

Oh, it'll make 9/11 look like a scraped knee. harumph Dec 12 #10

THAT would be Cory Doctorow who coined the term. justaprogressive Dec 12 #5

You beat me to it! LearnedHand Dec 12 #8

We're already there... We just haven't hit rock bottom yet. Blue_Tires Dec 12 #6

Exactly Iris Dec 12 #14

It's not from Britain LearnedHand Dec 12 #7

Wikipedia says he's British-Canadian. no mention of naturalized American. Baitball Blogger Dec 12 #9

I know he hails from Canada and lived for a while in the UK LearnedHand Dec 12 #11

Totally understand. Baitball Blogger Dec 12 #12

The Australian organization that named it word of the year credited him LearnedHand Dec 12 #13