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The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Doctorow, Cory. “The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok: Or how, exactly, platforms die.” WIRED, 23 Jan. 2023.
In this essay, Cory Doctorow introduces his concept of “enshittification” to describe the lifecycle of digital platforms: first rewarding users, then exploiting business-customers, and finally squeezing all surplus value for