02539cam a2200361 i 4500 2579776340 TxAuBib 20251120120000.0 250828s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025007165 9780374619329 hardcover 30.00 0374619328 hardcover 30.00 (OCoLC)1530163694 TxAuBib rda Doctorow, Cory, 1971- Enshittification [BOOK] : why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it / Cory Doctorow. First edition. New York : MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. x, 338 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Part One: The natural history ; Case study: Facebook ; Case study: Amazon ; Case study: iPhone ; Case study: Twitter -- Part Two: The pathology -- Part Three: The epidemiology ; The end of competition ; The death of competition kills regulation, too ; "With an app" ; It's not wage theft if we do it with an app: Uber's algorithmic wage discrimination ; Reverse-centaurs and chickenization ; Twiddling ; The end of self-help ; The end of labor power ; Tech rights are worker rights: Para and Tuyul apps ; The Google walkouts, tech solidarity, and tech unions ; Rent seeking and technofeudalism -- Part Four: the cure ; Antitrust is back, baby ; Antitrust under Trump ; Bringing back regulation ; Privacy first ; The EU's Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act ; Administrability ; Bringing back self-help ; The strange tale of Beeper Mini ; Repealing the law of "felony contempt of business model" ; Restoring labor ; There's bad news and there's good news -- Conclusion: is enshittification just capitalism? "Cory Doctorow explores how digital platforms degrade over time, prioritizing profit over users. He identifies the decisions and actors behind this decline and offers strategies to reverse it, aiming to restore a healthier internet ecosystem.". 20251120. Electronic data processing Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic data processing Social aspects. Information technology Moral and ethical aspects. Information technology Social aspects. Online manipulation. Human-computer interaction. Computers and civilization.