CZM Rewind: Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
The degradation of digital platforms like Google Search is not accidental but a deliberate strategy driven by profit-maximizing executives like Prabhakar Raghavan, who prioritized ad revenue over user experience. This 'rat economy'—where companies worsen products to increase engagement an
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