Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

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Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices

www.theguardian.com

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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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