The Stages of Inshittification in Digital Platforms

<p>It's not you — the internet really does suck. Novelist, blogger and noted internet commentator Cory Doctorow explains what happened to the internet and why you're tormented by ads, bots, algorithms, AI slop and so many pop-ups. Spoiler alert: it wasn't an accident.</p><p><br></p><p>In Understood: Who Broke the Internet, Doctorow gets into the decisions made by powerful people that got us here, and most importantly, how we fix it. More episodes of Who Broke the Internet are available at:&nbsp;<a href="https://link.mgln.ai/DkvHgc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.mgln.ai/DkvHgc</a></p>