Western democracy
gestures broadly at everything
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?
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)
Microsoft Windows 11 installation keeps getting more and more invasive.
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/
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.
Working as intended.
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!
Sometimes less is more. Can’t fault a simple, clean but functional design!
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.
I recently used just some smoked paprika for the same job. It was much nicer than the OEP spice mixture, and a lot cheaper
Might have to try that. I find the Sainsbury’s own fajita kit to be way cheaper and nicer than the OEP version too.
If you like cheaper and nicer, the next step is making your own wraps. There’s a bit of a knack to it, so they’ll get better with practice. Basically just flour (plain white flour is fine, or add a variable portion of maize flour (I’m avoiding calling it corn flour because that generally means corn starch, and here you want actual flour made from ground dried corn)), drop of oil (optional), salt & water.
Noticeably better than the off-the-shelf ones, due to all the preservatives and what-not that you don’t need to add if you’re not planning to keep them on a supermarket shelf for 3 months.
It’s never even occurred to me to make our own wraps! Will have to give it a go.
everything is getting smaller. they did research years ago that showed consumers are less outraged by less product than they are by higher prices
“I don’t care about petrol prices. I always fill up for 20 bucks.”
LOL, my roommate has the same “logic”. She was trying to get me to buy Hello Fresh boxes, and when I told her it was too expensive she said “Its the same price as regular groceries, you just get less servings.”
i also had a roommate who had a shocking wake-up when i told him about the “whipped” peanut butter he was raving about. yea the reason it’s “less sugar” is because it’s less product. they literally whip air into the peanut butter, advertise it as “less sugar,” and then sell it to you at the same price as the regular version. we confirmed it by comparing the net weight against an old jar of the regular he had
The species is doomed.
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.
That’s not enshitification?
Well I guess it’s shrink-flation but it arguably comes under the umbrella or enshitification.
it arguably comes under the umbrella or enshitification
How so?
“first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
This is just being mega pedantic for no reason, seems like everyone else is getting the gist of the thread just fine.
Christ I just saw that you’re OP. I’m confused; why did you use the word “enshittification” if you didn’t know what it meant?
LOL
The Trump Administration.
It was shit to begin with.
