• just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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    1 year ago

    How is this turning it into a data farm? It did that when it plundered your address book, and kept track of who you messaged when.

    Sure, they will probably stay monetizing it a few years from now, but right now they aren’t. Enshittification is a term with a very specific meaning, and it does not mean “features I don’t like”.

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      1 year ago

      Is it? How do you define enshittification?

      Because adding paid promotions to something that never had them is always the beginning “making things worse” -ificaton.

      The rest of this story is very predictable following Meta’s track record with social media. Everything will go to shit from a UX perspective now that they’ve decided to put ads in the app. That is how this works.

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        1 year ago

        How do you define enshittification?

        I don’t. I use Doctorows definition.

        If anything, if you prefer signal to WhatsApp (I do), you should be happy with its enshittification - because that means it’s killing itself. But it’s not, and it’s already shit, and its users are okay with that.

        adding paid promotions to something that never had them is always the beginning

        • They’re not paid
        • They’re not promotions
        • It’s opt-in

        It’s basically a way to keep up with events you’re already interested in (your favourite band, local soccer club, etc). You’re complaining about an optional feature you don’t want to use, that doesn’t even exist yet, and misrepresent it as ads.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, no, I’m right. This is always how it starts, and these new Channels “partners” will definitely be a revenue stream in the future if they aren’t already. Your view is naive.