This chapter explores the concept of 'in shittification' using Facebook as an example, discussing how the platform broke promises to users and colluded with Google to rig the market. It also mentions Facebook's pivot towards the metaverse.
Her label, Universal Media Group, pulled its entire catalog off TikTok. The Verge’s Nilay Patel explains why, and author Cory Doctorow says the app’s “enshittification” is inevitable.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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