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enshittification

It’s ubiquitous and enduring

Edward Thomas
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readFeb 18, 2024

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Regardless of whether or not you are familiar with the meaning of the term enshittification, you are no doubt being affected by it daily.

Pile of horse manure with a horse in the background
Image by Malene Thyssen via Wikimedia Commons

What is enshittification?

Coined by Cory Doctorow around 2022, the term enshittification has not been around all that long.

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Edward Thomas
ILLUMINATION

Chicago | Japan since 1969 | Japanese>English translator, editor | Teaches English at Japanese University. | Buy me a ko-fi @ ko-fi.com/edwardthomas